| Pineville Historic Survey
Form Prepared by Paul Archambault for the
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Commission, 2004.

Photographs of Property
(front and side elevations)
1. Name of Property if any
Unknown
2. Street Address, including
City and Zip Code
417 Fisher Street
Pineville, N.C. 28134
3. UTM of Property
17 509470E 3881992N
4. Tax Parcel Number of
Property
22107405
5. Owner of Property
James C. Elder Jr.
6. Period or Date of
Construction
1911
7. Source of Information for
#6.
Mecklenburg County Tax Records
8. Present use of Property
J
a. Agricultural, b. Commercial, c.
Educational, d. Entertainment, e. Government, f. Industrial, g.
Military, h. Museum, i. Park, j. Private Residence, k. Religious, l. Other
10. Architectural Style
The one- story, side-gabled house with a shed dormer
and inset porch sits close to Fisher Street facing north. It is three-bays
wide and three-bays deep with a pronounced roof overhang supported by
brackets. The inset porch has been enclosed and is used as an additional
room. Features include a six-panel door, replacement windows, original
rectangular, wooden vents and six-over-six windows. A shed-roofed
storage room protrudes from the rear east elevation. The house is covered in
wood and sits on brick piers, which have been infilled with block.
11. Architectural Significance
A
a. Outstanding, b. Excellent, c. Notable, d.
Commonplace
12. Map Showing Location of
Property

13. Paragraph Briefly
Summarizing Known History Of The Property.
The
one-story cottages with shed dormers and inset porches were originally
occupied by the mill operatives. These domiciles were representative of the
mail-order housing market which had a tremendous influence in the mill
villages and suburbs in the 1910s and 1920s. Earle Draper, designer of the
mill village, ordered plans and materials from a company in Charleston,
South Carolina called “Quick-bill Bungalows.”
In 1946, The Dover Yarn Mill sold the mill to
Cone Mills. The new company built additions to the mill, which included a
new weave room. In addition, they renovated the mill village by adding
bathrooms and asbestos shingles to the homes. Eventually, Cone Mills ceased
their rental business and initially offered to sell the domiciles to the
employees. The new owners continued to make improvements to the homes.
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