Cary Historic District

{{short description|Historic district in North Carolina, United States}}

{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Cary Historic District

| nrhp_type = hd

| nocat = yes

| image = File:Cary Arts Center.jpg

| caption = The Cary Arts Center, originally Cary Academy, located in the center of the Historic District

| location = Roughly along Dry Ave., S. Academy St., and Park St., Cary, North Carolina

| coordinates = {{coord|35|47|09|N|78|46|56|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = North Carolina#USA

| built = c. {{Start date|1907}}

| architect = Works Progress Administration

| architecture = Queen Anne, Bungalow/craftsman

| added = April 25, 2001

| area = {{convert|18|acre}}

| mpsub = {{NRHP url|id=64500376|title=Wake County MPS}}

| refnum = 01000425{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

}}

Cary Historic District is a national historic district located at Cary, Wake County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 39 contributing buildings in a predominantly residential section of Cary. The district developed between about 1890 and 1945, and includes notable examples of Queen Anne and Bungalow / American Craftsman style architecture. Notable buildings include the former Cary High School (Later Cary Elementary School at application, now Cary Arts Center{{cite web|url=https://www.townofcary.org/recreation-enjoyment/facilities/cary-arts-center/about|website=Town of Cary|title=History & Public Art}}) built in 1939 by the Works Progress Administration, Esther Ivey House (c. 1890), Captain Harrison P. Guess House (1830s, c. 1900), and Dr. John P. Hunter House (c. 1925).{{Cite web | author = Kelly Lally Molloy | title = Cary Historic District | work = National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory | date = December 2000| url = https://files.nc.gov/ncdcr/nr/WA0916.pdf | format = pdf | publisher = North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office | accessdate = 2015-06-01}}

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.