Dickinson Avenue Historic District Explained

Dickinson Avenue Historic District
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Location:600-900 Blocks of Dickinson Ave., W. Eighth St., Ficklen St., S. Pitt St., Clark St., Atlantic Ave., and Albemarle Ave.
Coordinates:35.6075°N -77.3797°W
Architect:Blauwelt, H.J.
Architecture:Early Commercial, Classical Revival
Added:March 1, 2007
Refnum:07000092

Dickinson Avenue Historic District is a national historic district located at Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 35 contributing buildings and 3 contributing structures in a mixed commercial and industrial section of Greenville. It includes buildings dated from about 1902 to 1956 and notable examples of Classical Revival and Commercial architecture. Notable buildings include the Brown Building (c. 1916), Hines Building (c. 1916), First Christian Church (1916), Roxy Theater (1948), and the Imperial Tobacco Company factory (1902-1964).[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Beth Keane. Dickinson Avenue Historic District . National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . July 2006 . pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2015-02-01.