Queen–Gordon Streets Historic District
Queen–Gordon Streets Historic District | |
Location | Roughly N. Queen and Gordon Sts., Kinston, North Carolina |
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Coordinates | 35°15′43″N 77°34′52″W / 35.26194°N 77.58111°W |
Area | 7 acres (2.8 ha) |
Built | 1895 |
Architect | Benton & Benton; Blalock, Robert L. |
Architectural style | Classical Revival, Beaux Arts, Romanesque |
MPS | Kinston MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 89001765[1] |
Added to NRHP | November 8, 1989 |
Queen–Gordon Streets Historic District is a national historic district located at Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina. It encompasses 20 contributing buildings in a mixed commercial and industrial section of Kinston. The buildings include notable examples of Classical Revival, Beaux-Arts, and Romanesque style architecture and date between 1895 and the mid-1930s. Notable buildings include the Gordon Street Christian Church (1912-1915), (former) U. S. Post Office/Federal Building (1915), Citizens / First National Bank Building (1903), (former) Farmers and Merchants Bank (1924), Canady Building (1899), and the LaRoque and Hewitt Building (c. 1900).[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1] The Kinston Commercial Historic District is considered a boundary increase to the Queen–Gordon Streets Historic District.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Allison H. Black (May 1989). "Queen–Gordon Streets Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved January 1, 2015.
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
- Romanesque Revival architecture in North Carolina
- Beaux-Arts architecture in North Carolina
- Neoclassical architecture in North Carolina
- Buildings and structures in Lenoir County, North Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in Lenoir County, North Carolina
- Eastern North Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs