Ahoskie Downtown Historic District Explained

Ahoskie Downtown Historic District
Nrhp Type:hd
Coordinates:36.2861°N -76.9869°W
Architecture:Classical Revival, Colonial Revival
Added:April 25, 1985
Refnum:85000906
Nocat:yes

Ahoskie Downtown Historic District is a national historic district located at Ahoskie, Hertford County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 14 contributing buildings in the central business district of Ahoskie. The commercial and governmental buildings include notable examples of Classical Revival and Colonial Revival architecture dated between 1901 and the late 1930s. Notable buildings include the (former) United States Post Office (1940), Garrett Hotel (1926), W. D. Newsome Building (c. 1905), Hotel Comfort (1907), Mitchell Hotel (c. 1910), Hertford Herald building (c. 1915), Bank of Ahoskie (1925-1926), Sawyer~Browne Furniture Company (1924), Richard Theater (1927), and E. L. Garrett Building (1938).[1]

The historic district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. It was incorporated into the Ahoskie Historic District in 2012.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Philip Letsinger and Stanley L. Little. Ahoskie Downtown Historic District. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . n.d.. pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2015-01-01.