York-Chester 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 = York-Chester Historic District

| nrhp_type = hd | nocat = yes

| image = Sixth northwest of Jackson, Gastonia.jpg

| caption = Houses on Sixth Avenue west of the Jackson Street intersection

| location= Bounded by W. Franklin Boulevard, W. 2nd Ave., South St., W. 10th Ave., W. 8th Ave. and S. Clay St., Gastonia, North Carolina

| coordinates = {{coord|35|15|19|N|81|11|18|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = North Carolina#USA

| architect = Hugh Edward White, C.C. Wilson

| architecture = Queen Anne, Bungalow/craftsman

| added = September 1, 2005

| area = {{convert|193|acre}}

| refnum = 05000941{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

}}

File:Former Gastonia High School Now Ashley Arms Apartments.jpg

York-Chester Historic District is a national historic district located at Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina, United States. It encompasses 649 contributing buildings, 2 contributing sites, and 1 contributing structure in a predominantly residential section of Gastonia. The dwellings were built between about 1856 and 1955, and include notable examples of Queen Anne and Bungalow / American Craftsman architecture. Located in the district are the separately listed former Gastonia High School. Other notable contributing resources include the Beal-Ragan Garden, Oakwood Cemetery, Caroline Hanna House (c. 1882), Spurrier Apartment building (c. 1929), Edgewood Apartments (c. 1937), the Joseph W. Lineberger House (c. 1947) and Devant J. and June S. Purvis House (1951).{{Cite web |author1=Cynthia de Miranda |author2=Heather Fearnbach |author3=Jennifer Martin |author4=Sarah Woodard | title=York-Chester Historic District | work = National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory | date =May 2005| url = https://files.nc.gov/ncdcr/nr/GS1091.pdf | format = pdf | publisher = North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office | access-date = 2014-11-01}}

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.