National Register of Historic Places - North Carolina (NC), Wilkes County

Wilkes County North Carolina has 24 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 4 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Cleveland, Robert, Log House, Old Wilkes County Jail, Stokes, Montfort, House and Wilkes County Courthouse and Brown-Cowles House and Cowles Law Office.

Many famous people are associated with these Wilkes County historic places including Montfort Stokes, William H.H. Cowles, Nikeard Bruce Smithey, L. T. Stimpson and Thomas B. Finley.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Wilkes County places including Wheeler & Runge, Cooper,L.W., & Co., Mesker Bros. Front Builders, Benton and Benton, D. Dameron, James A. Wetmore, Bilberstein & Bowles, J.L. Hemphill, Unnkown and McMichael and Co. Wheeler. Prominent architectural styles found in Wilkes Country are Classical Revival, Queen Anne and Colonial Revival.

Brown-Cowles House and Cowles Law Office (added 1982 - - #82003522)

Also known as Paul Osborne House and Law and Bride Cottage

200 and 106 E. Main St. , Wilkesboro

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Late Victorian, Federal

Historic Person:

Cowles,William H.H.,et al.

Significant Year:

1871

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Law, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Professional, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

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Claymont Hill (added 1985 - - #85002369)

Also known as Albert L. Hendrix House

W side of SR 2303 along Ronda-Clingman Rd. , Ronda

G Keith Hall, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Gothic Revival

Area of Significance:

Law, Politics/Government, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling

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Cleveland, Robert, Log House (added 1972 - - #72001003)

E of Purlear near jct. of SR 1300 and 1317 , Purlear

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1750-1799

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Downtown Main Street Historic District (added 2003 - - #03000392)

Roughly the 800 and 900 Blks of Main St. , North Wilkesboro

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Benton and Benton

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival, Early Commercial

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Business, City Hall, Department Store, Financial Institution, Professional, Restaurant, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government

Current Sub-function:

Business, City Hall, Correctional Facility, Financial Institution, Professional, Restaurant, Specialty Store

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Downtown Wilkesboro Historic District (added 2009 - - #09000290)

Bounded roughly by Cowles and Corporation Sts., Henderson Dr., and Woodland Blvd. , Wilkesboro

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Wheeler, McMichael and Co.

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival, Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce, Politics/Government

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private, Local

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Commerce/Trade, Commerce/Trade, Government, Government, Government, Government

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Correctional Facility, Courthouse, Fire Station, Post Office, Professional, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Commerce/Trade, Commerce/Trade, Commerce/Trade, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Business, Professional, Restaurant, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store, Warehouse

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Elkin Creek Mill (added 1982 - - #82003521)

SR 2045 , West Elkin

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Historic Significance:

Person, Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Historic Person:

Stimpson,L. T.,et al.

Significant Year:

1896

Area of Significance:

Industry

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility

Current Function:

Work In Progress

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Federal Building (added 1982 - - #82003523)

Also known as Wilkes County Board of Education Building

201 W. Main St. , Wilkesboro

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Wetmore,James A.

Architectural Style:

Other, Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Courthouse, Post Office

Current Function:

Education

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Ferguson, J. T., Store (added 1982 - - #82003524)

Also known as Ferguson Store or Parker Electric Co.

11 E. Main St. , Wilkesboro

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Mesker Bros. Front Builders

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival, Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Department Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Specialty Store

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Finley, Thomas B., House (added 2008 - - #08000415)

Also known as The Oaks

1014 E St. , North Wilkesboro

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Bonniwell, Norma

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

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Finley, Thomas B., Law Office (added 1982 - - #82003525)

Also known as J.F. Jordan Law Office

Broad and North Sts. , Wilkesboro

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Historic Significance:

Person, Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Other

Historic Person:

Finley,Thomas B.,et al.

Area of Significance:

Law, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Professional

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Professional

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Hemphill, J. L., House (added 1982 - - #82003526)

Also known as Lowe House or Woodie House

203 N. Brook St. , Wilkesboro

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Hemphill,J.L.

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

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Holbrook Farm (added 1978 - - #78001985)

W of Traphill on SR 1743 , Traphill

G Keith Hall, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Storage

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Hubbard, Benjamin, House (added 2009 - - #08001390)

US 18 on the N., one mile E. of NC 1106 , Moravian Falls

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

More Information:

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Johnson-Hubbard House (added 1982 - - #82003527)

113 E. Main St. , Wilkesboro

G Keith Hall, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival

Area of Significance:

Art, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

More Information:

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Lincoln Heights School (added 2018 - - #100002932)

197 Lincoln Heights Road, Wilkesboro

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Education, Black

Period of Significance:

1924-1968 AD

Old Wilkes County Jail (added 1971 - - #71000628)

N. Bridge St. , Wilkesboro

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Correctional Facility

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

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Southern Railway Depot (added 2004 - - #04000965)

Jct. of Ninth St. and CBD Loop , North Wilkesboro

G Keith Hall, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

Bungalow/Craftsman

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Transportation

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Rail-Related

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

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St. Paul's Episcopal Church and Cemetery (added 1982 - - #82001308)

Cowles St. between Woodland Blvd. and West St. , Wilkesboro

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Gothic Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Religion

Period of Significance:

1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Funerary, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Cemetery, Religious Structure

Current Function:

Funerary, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Cemetery, Religious Structure

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Stokes, Montfort, House (added 1999 - - #72001537)

SR 1144, W of SR 1143 , Wilkesboro

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Georgian

Historic Person:

Stokes,Montfort

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Traphill Historic District (added 1980 - - #80002905)

SR 1002 and SR 1749 , Traphill

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unnkown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Church School, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Religion, Social

Current Sub-function:

Clubhouse, Library, Single Dwelling

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Wilkes County Courthouse (added 1979 - - #79001764)

E. Main St. between Bridge and Broad Sts. , Wilkesboro

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Cooper,L.W., & Co., Wheeler & Runge

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival, Beaux Arts

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Courthouse

Current Function:

Government

Current Sub-function:

Courthouse

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Wilkes Hosiery Mills (added 2008 - - #08000369)

407 F. St. , North Wilkesboro

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Foster and Allen, Bilberstein & Bowles

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Industry, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

More Information:

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Wilkesboro Presbyterian Church (added 1982 - - #82003528)

205 E. Main St. , Wilkesboro

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Dameron,D.

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Religion

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure

Current Function:

Religion

Current Sub-function:

Religious Structure

More Information:

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Wilkesboro-Smithey Hotel (added 1982 - - #82003529)

Also known as Smithey Hotel or Smithey's Department Store

Broad and E. Main Sts. , Wilkesboro

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Historic Significance:

Person, Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Mesker Bros. Front Builders

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Historic Person:

Smithey,Nikeard Bruce

Significant Year:

1906, 1891

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Department Store, Restaurant, Single Dwelling, Village Site

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Department Store, Single Dwelling, Village Site

More Information:

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