Main Street Commercial Historic District (Hamlet, North Carolina) Explained

Main Street Commercial Historic District
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Location:2-105 Main St., Hamlet, North Carolina
Coordinates:34.8842°N -79.6997°W
Built:c.
Architecture:Classical Revival, Art Deco, Queen Anne
Added:March 19, 1992
Refnum:92000169

Main Street Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Hamlet, Richmond County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 23 contributing buildings, 3 contributing structures, and 1 contributing object in the central business district of Hamlet. It includes buildings built between about 1900 to about 1940 and notable examples of Queen Anne, Art Deco, and Classical Revival architecture. Located in the district is the separately listed Seaboard Air Line Passenger Depot. Other notable buildings include the Terminal Hotel (c. 1912), Union Building (c. 1920), the Bank of Hamlet (1912), the Old Hamlet Opera House (1912, 1927), and the U.S. Post Office (1940), a Works Progress Administration project.[1]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Linda Harris Edmisten. Main Street Commercial Historic District. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . December 1991 . pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2015-02-01.