North Carolina - Lenoir County - Historic Districts
Lenoir County North Carolina (Historic Districts) has 9 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of Statewide significance. Significant places include Kinston Battlefield, Hill--Grainger Historic District, Kennedy Memorial Home Historic District, Kinston Commercial Historic District (Boundary Increase) and LaGrange Historic District.

The famous person James A. McDaniel is associated with one of more of the Lenoir County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Lenoir County places including Leslie N. Boney, Benton & Benton, L. L. Mallard, Jack Adams and Robert L. Blalock. Prominent architectural styles found in Lenoir Country are Bungalow/Craftsman, Queen Anne and Classical Revival.

Hill--Grainger Historic District (added 1989 - - #89001764)
Roughly bounded by Summit Ave., N. East St., E. & W. Vernon Ave., and N. Heritage St. , Kinston
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Bungalow/Craftsman, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Education
Historic Sub-function:
School, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Kennedy Memorial Home Historic District (added 2009 - - #09000684)
Also known as Cedar Dell
2557 Ceder Dell La. , Kinston
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Social History, Agriculture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Education, Funerary, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Landscape, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Animal Facility, Cemetery, Garden, Institutional Housing, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Funerary, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Recreation And Culture, Religion, Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Animal Facility, Garden, Institutional Housing, Outdoor Recreation, Processing, Single Dwelling, Water Works
Kinston Battlefield (added 2006 - - #06001104)
Also known as Battle of Kinston, 31LR80,F^80,31LR367,31LR367*2,31LR368,31LR369,31LR370
1.5 mi. S of Kinston on US 258;2-3 mi. S of Kinston on US 258; 3 mi. S of Kinston on NC 58; 4 mi. S of Kinston on 258 , Kinston
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Military
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Defense
Historic Sub-function:
Battle Site, Fortification
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Landscape, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Natural Feature, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Unoccupied Land
Kinston Commercial Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 1994 - - #94000569)
Also known as Queen--Gordon Streets Historic District (Boundary Increase);
Roughly bounded by E. Blount, W. Blount, N. Herritage, W. North and N. Queen Sts. , Kinston
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Mallard, L. L.
Architectural Style:
Art Deco, Romanesque, No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Government, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Department Store, Government Office, Manufacturing Facility, Specialty Store, Theater
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Other
Current Sub-function:
Business, Department Store, Specialty Store
LaGrange Historic District (added 2000 - - #00000458)
Roughly bounded by N. Caswell, E. James, N. Carey, E. Washington, S. Caswell, W. Washington, and Forbes Sts. , LaGrange
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Boney, Leslie N.
Architectural Style:
Queen Anne, Bungalow/Craftsman
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Community Planning And Development, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private, Local, State
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Landscape, Religion, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Park, Rail-Related, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Landscape, Religion, Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Park, Rail-Related, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Mitchelltown Historic District (added 1989 - - #89001766)
Roughly bounded by W. Vernon Ave., N. Heritage St., W. Blount St., College St., Atlantic Ave., and Rhem St. , Kinston
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Bungalow/Craftsman, Classical Revival, Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Queen--Gordon Streets Historic District (added 1989 - - #89001765)
Roughly N. Queen and Gordon Sts. , Kinston
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Blalock,Robert L., Benton & Benton
Architectural Style:
Romanesque, Classical Revival, Beaux Arts
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Government
Historic Sub-function:
Department Store, Financial Institution, Post Office, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Financial Institution, Specialty Store
Trianon Historic District (added 1989 - - #89001763)
Roughly E. Gordon St. from N. Tiffany to N. Orion Sts. and Water St. from N. Vance to N. Orion Sts. , Kinston
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Historic Significance:
Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Bungalow/Craftsman, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival
Historic Person:
McDaniel,James A.
Significant Year:
1905, 1914, 1893
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Health Care
Historic Sub-function:
Hospital, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Tull--Worth--Holland Farm (added 1992 - - #92001260)
NC 1579 N side, .5 mi. E of jct. with NC 1578 , Kinston
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Federal
Area of Significance:
Agriculture, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Forest, Processing, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Forest, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
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