Historic Districts
Vacant / Not In Use
North Carolina - Lenoir County
Lenoir County North Carolina has 31 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 5 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include CSS NEUSE (Ironclad Gunboat), Cedar Dell, Kinston Battlefield, Lenoir County Courthouse and Peebles House.

Several famous people are associated with these Lenoir County historic places including Burwell Westbrook Canady and James A. McDaniel.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Lenoir County places including Confederate Navy Dept., Howard & Ellis, A.Mitchell Wooton, T.A. Loving, Robert L. Blalock, Jack Adams, L. L. Mallard, Benton & Benton, Joe W. Stout and A. Mitchell Wooten. Prominent architectural styles found in Lenoir Country are Greek Revival, Federal and Bungalow/Craftsman.

American Tobacco Company Prizery (added 2005 - - #05000350)
Also known as Nantucket Wharehouse
619 N. Herritage St. , Kinston
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Industry, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Processing, Storage, Warehouse
Current Function:
Work In Progress
More Information:
archives document
Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad Freight Depot (added 1989 - - #89001768)
E. Blount St. between N. Queen and N. McLewean Sts. , Kinston
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other, Romanesque
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Rail-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
archives document
Baptist Parsonage (added 1989 - - #89001767)
Also known as Archbell House
211 S. McLewean St. , Kinston
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Education, Work In Progress
Current Sub-function:
School
More Information:
archives document
Blalock, Robert L., House (added 1989 - - #89001772)
300 S. McLewean St. , Kinston
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Blalock,Robert L.
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival, Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Funerary
Current Sub-function:
Mortuary
More Information:
archives document
CSS NEUSE (Ironclad Gunboat) (added 2001 - - #00000444)
2612 W. Vernon Ave. , Kinston
Katyrw, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Event
Area of Significance:
Agriculture, Military, Engineering
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Defense, Other, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Naval Facility, Water-Related
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
archives document
Canady, B. W., House (added 1989 - - #89001771)
600 N. Queen St. , Kinston
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Italianate
Historic Person:
Canady,Burwell Westbrook
Significant Year:
1883
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Work In Progress
More Information:
archives document
Cedar Dell (added 1971 - - #71000600)
SE of Falling Creek on SR 1338 , Falling Creek
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other, Gothic, Federal
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1800-1824
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Institutional Housing
More Information:
archives document
Herring House (added 1973 - - #73001356)
NW of LaGrange off SR 1503 , LaGrange
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Federal
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1800-1824
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
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
More Information:
archives document
Hotel Kinston (added 1989 - - #89001770)
503 N. Queen St. , Kinston
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Stout,Joe W., Hunter,Herbert
Architectural Style:
Other, Art Deco
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Imperial Tobacco Company Office Building (added 2017 - - #100000898)
426 North Heritage Street, Kinston
Nyttend, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1925 AD
Jackson, Jesse, House (added 1971 - - #71000602)
SE of Kinston on NC 11 , Kinston
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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:
archives document
Kennedy Memorial Home Historic District (added 2009 - - #09000684)
Also known as Cedar Dell
2557 Ceder Dell La. , Kinston
Tradewinds, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
More Information:
archives document
Kinston Apartments (added 2004 - - #04000648)
1313 McAdoo St. , Kinston
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Wooten, A. Mitchell
Architectural Style:
Moderne, Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Social
Current Sub-function:
Clubhouse, Multiple Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Kinston Baptist--White Rock Presbyterian Church (added 1989 - - #89001773)
516 Thompson St. , Kinston
Tradewinds, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
More Information:
archives document
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
Tradewinds, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
More Information:
archives document
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
Kinston Fire Station--City Hall (added 1989 - - #89001769)
118 S. Queen St. , Kinston
Tradewinds, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
City Hall, Fire Station
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture, Work In Progress
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
archives document
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
More Information:
archives document
LaGrange Presbyterian Church (added 1986 - - #86001646)
Also known as LaGrange Rotary Club
201 S. Caswell St. , LaGrange
Tradewinds, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Gothic
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Social
Current Sub-function:
Civic
More Information:
archives document
Lenoir County Courthouse (added 1979 - - #79001730)
Queen and Kings Sts. , Kinston
Tradewinds, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Loving,T.A., Wooton,A.Mitchell
Architectural Style:
Moderne, Other
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Social History
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
Courthouse
Current Function:
Government
Current Sub-function:
Courthouse
More Information:
archives document
Midtown Motor Lodge (added 2016 - - #16000913)
Kinston, Kinston
Katyrw, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1963-1963 AD
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
More Information:
archives document
Peebles House (added 1971 - - #71000603)
Also known as Harmony Hall
109 E. King St. , Kinston
Tradewinds, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Georgian, Greek Revival, Federal
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Social
Current Sub-function:
Civic
More Information:
archives document
Peoples Bank Building (added 1998 - - #89001774)
242 S. Queen St. , Kinston
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture, Black
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Financial Institution
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Specialty Store
More Information:
archives document
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
More Information:
archives document
Standard Drug No. 2 (added 2014 - - #14000987)
Kinston, Kinston
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Sumrell and McCoy Building (added 1989 - - #89002134)
400 N. Queen St. , Kinston
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Early Commercial
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
State, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Specialty Store
Current Function:
Work In Progress
More Information:
archives document
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
More Information:
archives document
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
More Information:
archives document
Wood, Dempsey, House (added 1971 - - #71000601)
SW of Falling Creek on SR 1324 , Kinston
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other, Late Victorian, 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:
archives document
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