Queen-Gordon Streets Historic District

Queen-Gordon Streets Historic District

Gordon Street Christian Church, Queen-Gordon Streets Historic District, September 2014
Location Roughly N. Queen and Gordon Sts., Kinston, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°15′43″N 77°34′52″W / 35.26194°N 77.58111°W / 35.26194; -77.58111Coordinates: 35°15′43″N 77°34′52″W / 35.26194°N 77.58111°W / 35.26194; -77.58111
Area 7 acres (2.8 ha)
Built 1895 (1895)
Architect Benton & Benton; Blalock,Robert L.
Architectural style Classical Revival, Beaux Arts, Romanesque
MPS Kinston MPS
NRHP Reference # 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

  1. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 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 2015-01-01.


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