Frederick Apartments - Charlotte, NC
N 35° 13.899 W 080° 50.357
17S E 514624 N 3898744
The Frederick Apartments is a vintage apartment building that has retained its charm from the 1920's when it was built all the way to present day. It has received several historic awards.
Waymark Code: WMDHPB
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 01/18/2012
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This reddish-yellow brick apartment building is a three-story mid-rise apartment complex of 36 units. Built in 1927 during a housing boom in Charlotte, it has retained its classic lines and charming atmosphere of the 1920s - 1940s era to this present day.
The Frederick Apartments building was designated a Charlotte Mecklenburg Historic Site, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001, and was received the Charlotte Historic District Landmark Award in 2003. Furthermore, there is a plaque commemorating that newspaperman W. J Cash wrote his book "Mind of the South" while living in this building from 1939 - 1940.
Street address:
515 N Church Street
Charlotte, NC USA
28202
County / Borough / Parish: Mecklenburg County
Year listed: 2001
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Person, Architecture/Engineering
Periods of significance: 1925-1949
Historic function: Domestic
Current function: Domestic
Privately owned?: yes
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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