Queen–Gordon Streets Historic District Explained

Queen–Gordon Streets Historic District
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Location:Roughly N. Queen and Gordon Sts., Kinston, North Carolina
Coordinates:35.2619°N -77.5811°W
Architect:Benton & Benton; Blalock, Robert L.
Architecture:Classical Revival, Beaux Arts, Romanesque
Added:November 8, 1989
Refnum:89001765

Queen–Gordon Streets Historic District is a national historic district located at Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina. It encompasses 20 contributing buildings in a mixed commercial and industrial section of Kinston. The buildings include notable examples of Classical Revival, Beaux-Arts, and Romanesque style architecture and date between 1895 and the mid-1930s. Notable buildings include the Gordon Street Christian Church (1912-1915), (former) U. S. Post Office/Federal Building (1915), Citizens / First National Bank Building (1903), (former) Farmers and Merchants Bank (1924), Canady Building (1899), and the LaRoque and Hewitt Building (c. 1900).[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. The Kinston Commercial Historic District is considered a boundary increase to the Queen–Gordon Streets Historic District.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Allison H. Black. Queen–Gordon Streets Historic District. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . May 1989. pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2015-01-01.