National Register of Historic Places

Pinehurst Race Track

Pinehurst, Moore County, North Carolina
Listed
November 27, 1992
Type
District
Period
Listed
Ref No.
92001628

About this property

Pinehurst Harness Track is a historic horse racing track and national historic district located at Pinehurst in Moore County, North Carolina, USA. The district encompasses 10 contributing buildings, 8 contributing sites, and 1 contributing structure on a complex of barns, stables and other horse-related buildings and paddocks arranged around two oval-shaped race tracks. The oval-shaped race tracks are believed to have been laid out by 1915 as part of the Pinehurst Harness Track established by Leonard Tufts. The Amphidrome is a large agricultural exhibition hall built about 1917. It is a 2 1/2-story, gable-roofed building with stuccoed exterior walls and massive timber roof trusses in the Mission Revival style. Other contributing resources include six paddocks (c. 1916-1920), six barns (c. 1910), harness shop (1930), farrier shop (c. 1910), clubhouse (c. 1916), the network of lanes and driveways (c. 1910), and fences (c. 1910). Pinehurst Harness Track is the site of the oldest surviving early-20th century fair exhibition hall in the state. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

Location

Pinehurst, Moore County, North Carolina
35.18243, -79.46621

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Nearby Historic Sites

Pinehurst Historic District
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0.9 mi
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When was Pinehurst Race Track listed on the National Register?

Pinehurst Race Track was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 27, 1992.

What type of historic resource is Pinehurst Race Track?

Pinehurst Race Track is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

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