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

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