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

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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

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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

More Information:

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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

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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

More Information:

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Fort Defiance (added 1970 - - #70000444)

N of Lenoir on NC 268 , Lenoir

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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

More Information:

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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

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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

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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:

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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

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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

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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:

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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:

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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:

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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:

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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:

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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

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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:

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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:

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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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