Catawba Historic District is a national historic district located at Catawba, Catawba County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 48 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure in the rural village of Catawba. It contains 19th century farmhouses and tracts of farmland with scattered outbuildings as well as village residences and a small commercial district. The district includes notable examples of Gothic Revival, Victorian, and Bungalow / American Craftsman architecture. Notable buildings include the Bagby-Danner Farmhouse, Jacob D. Little House (c. 1884), Town Hall (c. 1920, 1960s), Dr, Fred Y. Long Farm (c. 1909), Catawba ÷Baptist Church (1875, 1950s), (former) Catawba High School (1921), Quintus M. Little House (c. 1873), Trollinger-Sherrill House (c. 1873), Brawley-Lowrance House (c. 1897), Pitts-Little House (1924), Manson L. Wilkinson÷ House (c. 1920), Sherrill Tobacco Company Building (c. 1896), Catawba Drug Company (c. 1915), Pitts-Carpenter Building (c. 1895), Long and Company Store (c. 1895), and the Methodist Church.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.