Richlands Historic District (Richlands, North Carolina)

Richlands Historic District
Location Roughly bounded by Foy, Trenton, Hargett, Wilmington, Franck, and Church Sts., Richlands, North Carolina
Coordinates 34°54′00″N 77°32′49″W / 34.90000°N 77.54694°W / 34.90000; -77.54694Coordinates: 34°54′00″N 77°32′49″W / 34.90000°N 77.54694°W / 34.90000; -77.54694
Area 48 acres (19 ha)
Built c. 1880 (1880)
Architect Findeisen, Benjamin; Coston, Joseph
Architectural style I-House; Late Vict. Millwork
MPS Onslow County MPS
NRHP Reference # 90000441[1]
Added to NRHP March 16, 1990

Richlands Historic District is a national historic district located at Richlands, Onslow County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 90 contributing buildings, 2 contributing structures, and 2 contributing objects in the central business district and surrounding residential sections of Richlands. The district largely developed after 1880 and includes notable examples of Late Victorian and I-house style residential architecture. Notable contributing buildings include the Robert D. Thompson House (1908), Daniel Webster Murrill House (1908), the Del Barbee House (1910), the Edwards-Cox House (1915), Isaac Koonce House (1918), George Brooks House (1915), Franck House (1914), Richlands Theater (1936), J. F. Mohn Building (1936), Richlands Supply Company Building (1905), M. B. Steed Store (1911), Peoples Bank Building (c. 1904), Bank of Richlands (1927), First Baptist Church (1920s), and Richlands United Methodist Church (1939).[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Dan Pezzoni (March 1989). "Richlands Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.


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