Vanguard Park Historic District

Vanguard Park Historic District is a national historic district located between Bloomsbury and Roanoke Park in Raleigh, North Carolina. It is one of Raleigh's historic Five Points neighborhoods. Like Roanoke Park, its homes reflect the variety of popular architectural styles from the 1920s through the 1950s and are similar to those found in the nearby prestigious suburb of Hayes Barton, but are more modest in scale. Notably, the popular Colonial style was not used due to Vanguard Park's narrower lots.[2]

Vanguard Park Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Houses on Hudson Street
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Location	Roughly bounded by McCarthy St., Whitaker Mill Rd., Pine Ave., and Hudson St., Raleigh, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°48′26″N 78°38′20″W
Area	50 acres (20 ha)
Built by	Connell Realty and Mortgage Company
Architectural style	Bungalow/craftsman, Gothic Revival, Minimal Traditional
MPS	Five Points Neighborhoods, Raleigh, North Carolina MPS
NRHP reference No.	03000391[1]
Added to NRHP	May 9, 2003

Construction began in this district along its south and west edges in 1920 with modestly sized American Craftsman bungalows and front-gabled houses. Building slowed considerably during the Depression; homes built in the following years were one- and two-story houses in the Minimal Traditional style. During World War II construction stopped abruptly, only to rebound robustly during the post-war housing shortage. Nearly fifty houses went up in Vanguard Park between 1945 and 1952; Pine Avenue was filled with houses in a single year. Most of these early post-war houses continued to use the Minimal Traditional style.[2]

The Gothic Revival style Westminster Presbyterian Church, formerly North Vanguard Church, is the sole institutional building in Vanguard Park.[2]

Vanguard Park was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.[1]