North Carolina - Caldwell County
Caldwell County North Carolina has 19 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 4 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Caldwell County Courthouse, Clover Hill, Fort Defiance and Lenoir High School and Dula--Horton Cemetery.

Several famous people are associated with these Caldwell County historic places including Captain James C. Harper, William Davenport and William Dula.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Caldwell County places including Martin L. Hampton, Robert Clemmer, Wheeler & Runge, Benton & Benton, Leslie McDonald Lyons, Barnes & Champney, Edgar Allan Poe, J. Lee Hayes, et al. Hook and Rogers and Martin L. hampton. Prominent architectural styles found in Caldwell Country are Classical Revival, Colonial Revival and Greek Revival.

Bernhardt, J.M., Planing Mill and Box Factory-Steele Cotton Mill (added 2017 - - #100001629)
1201 Steele Street, Lenoir
Wingerham52, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Industry
Period of Significance:
1896-1965 AD
Caldwell County Courthouse (added 1979 - - #79001687)
Main St. , Lenoir
Upstateherd, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Hampton,Martin L., Wheeler & Runge
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
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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Clover Hill (added 1973 - - #73001301)
E of Patterson off NC 268 on SR 1514 , Patterson
KudzuVine, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
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Dula--Horton Cemetery (added 2004 - - #04000941)
End of an 0.25 mile Ln, off S side of NC 268, 1.4 mi. E of jct. with Grandin Rd. , Grandin
Thee carolina kid, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Person
Historic Person:
Dula, William
Significant Year:
1947, 1835
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Social History
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Funerary
Historic Sub-function:
Cemetery
Current Function:
Funerary
Current Sub-function:
Cemetery
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Fort Defiance (added 1970 - - #70000444)
N of Lenoir on NC 268 , Lenoir
Ken Thomas, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture, Military, Landscape Architecture
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
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Fountain, The (added 2004 - - #04000942)
Also known as Walnut Fountain
1677 NC 268 , Yadkin Valley
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Person, Event
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival, Federal
Historic Person:
Davenport, William
Significant Year:
1865, 1807
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Exploration/Settlement, Social History, Architecture, Education
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
More Information:
Green Park Historic District (added 1994 - - #94001020)
Also known as See Also:Green Park Inn
Jct. of US 321 and Green Hill and Rock Rds. , Blowing Rock
Upstateherd, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Hayes, J. Lee, Barnes & Champney
Architectural Style:
Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman
Area of Significance:
Social History, Architecture, Landscape Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Funerary, Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel, Natural Feature, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store, Sport Facility
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Funerary, Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Hotel, Natural Feature, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store, Sport Facility
More Information:
Hagler, William, House (added 1982 - - #82001282)
Also known as Beech Hill;Haigler House
N of Grandin on SR 1510 , Grandin
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Work In Progress
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Single Dwelling
More Information:
Hudson Cotton Manufacturing Company (added 2013 - - #13000636)
447 Main St., Hudson
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Industry
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Lenoir Cotton Mill-Blue Bell Incorporated Plant (added 2017 - - #100001630)
1241 College Avenue, Lenoir
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Industry
Period of Significance:
1902-1967 AD
Lenoir Downtown Historic District (added 2007 - - #07000905)
Roughly bounded by Ashe Ave., Mulberry St., Harper Ave., Church St., and Boundary St. , Lenoir
Ken Thomas, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Hook and Rogers, et al., hampton, Martin L.
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival, Tudor Revival
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Department Store, Financial Institution, Professional, Restaurant, Specialty Store, Warehouse
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Government, Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Business, Correctional Facility, Courthouse, Financial Institution, Professional, Restaurant, Specialty Store
More Information:
Lenoir Grammar School (added 2006 - - #06000290)
Also known as East Harper School
506 Harper St. , Lenoir
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Education
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Work In Progress
More Information:
Lenoir High School (added 1990 - - #90001146)
100 Willow St. , Lenoir
Bigdaverhuberg, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Clemmer,Robert, Benton & Benton
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Historic Person:
Harper,Captain James C.
Significant Year:
1922
Area of Significance:
Education, Performing Arts, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Auditorium
More Information:
Lenoir, Walter James, House (added 2004 - - #04000938)
NC 268, 0.3 mi. E of jct. with NC 1513 , Yadkin Valley
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Other, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Storage
More Information:
Mariah's Chapel (added 2004 - - #04000939)
NC 1552, 0.4 mi. SE of jct with NC 268 , Grandin
Jan Kronsell, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Funerary, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Cemetery, Religious Structure
Current Function:
Funerary, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Cemetery, Religious Structure
More Information:
Mary's Grove (added 2001 - - #01000418)
Also known as Rabb House
2121 Harper Ave., SW , Lenoir
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Lyons, Leslie McDonald, et.al.
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Processing, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Storage
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Professional
More Information:
Patterson School Historic District (added 2004 - - #04001386)
Along both sides of NC 268 at the jct. with NC 1504 , Legerwood
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architectural Style:
Tudor Revival, Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Education
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Education, Funerary, Landscape, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Animal Facility, Cemetery, Forest, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Education, Funerary, Landscape, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Animal Facility, Cemetery, Forest, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling
More Information:
Poe, Edgar Allan, House (added 2001 - - #01000514)
506 Main St. NW , Lenoir
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Poe, Edgar Allan
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Work In Progress
More Information:
Riverside (added 2004 - - #04000940)
Also known as Jones, John Langdon, House
SW side NC 1552, 0.3 mi. SE of jct with NC 268 , Grandin
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Education
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Education
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, School, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
More Information:
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