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Allison Woods

Allison Woods
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Allison Woods, September 2012
Allison Woods is located in North Carolina
Allison Woods
Allison Woods is located in the US
Allison Woods
Location Roughly, area east and south of US 21 surrounding the South Yadkin River, north to NC 2156, Statesville, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°53′43″N 80°49′13″W / 35.89528°N 80.82028°W / 35.89528; -80.82028Coordinates: 35°53′43″N 80°49′13″W / 35.89528°N 80.82028°W / 35.89528; -80.82028
Area 298 acres (121 ha)
Built 1926 (1926)
Built by Tomlinson, L.B.; Guy, Baldy, F,
Architectural style Bungalow/craftsman
NRHP Reference # 95000173
Added to NRHP March 9, 1995

Allison Woods is a historic rural retreat and national historic district located near Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina. It encompasses six contributing buildings, four contributing sites, and three contributing structures on a gentleman's farm developed by William Locke Allison between about 1926 and 1939. The district includes natural woodlands and water features and the developed landscape to include the stream course with impoundments and Lower Lake. The built features are of brick or stone construction, with some representative of the Bungalow / American Craftsman style. They include the spring house (c. 1927-1928), Upper Mill House (c. 1928), smokehouse (c. 1930), Farm Manager's House (1928-1929), silo and barn foundation (c. 1938-1939), 19th century log cabin (c. 1932), Lower Mill House (c. 1933), ice house (c. 1936-1937), and windmill (c. 1928).

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.



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