Roughly bounded by East and West Caswell, West Gordon, North Herritage, East King, North McLewean, and South Queen Sts; Spruce Alley, and the railroad right-of-way, Kinston, North Carolina. County/parish: Lenoir.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 03, 1994. NRIS 94000569.
Part of Kinston MPS (NRIS 64500365).
19 contributing buildings.Also known as:
Kinston Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina. It encompasses 30 contributing buildings in a mixed commercial and industrial section of Kinston. The district is considered a boundary increase to the previously listed Queen-Gordon Streets Historic District. The buildings include notable examples of Art Deco and Romanesque style architecture and date between 1896 and 1941. Notable buildings include the Carolina Theatre (1935), Cash Supply Store Building (c. 1914), Spence Motor Company Building, and Ellis Carriage Factory (1908-1914).
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718155