Reidsville Historic District Explained

Reidsville Historic District
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Location:Roughly bounded by W. Morehead, Southern Railway tracks, Lawson Ave., Main, Piedmontg, Vance and Lindsey Sts., Reidsville, North Carolina
Coordinates:36.3564°N -79.6667°W
Built:c.
Architect:Gambier, Richard; Et al.
Architecture:Italianate, Queen Anne, Craftsman;Neo-Classical
Added:March 12, 1987
Refnum:86003391

Reidsville Historic District is a national historic district located at Reidsville, Rockingham County, North Carolina. It encompasses 324 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, 11 contributing structures, and 1 contributing object in the central business district and surrounding residential sections of Reidsville. It was developed between about 1865 and 1941, and includes notable examples of Italianate, Queen Anne, American Craftsman, and Classical Revival style architecture. Located in the district are the separately listed Penn House and Gov. David S. Reid House. Other notable buildings include the Oaks-Motley House (c. 1865), Colonel A. J. Boyd House (mid-1870s), Reid Block (1880s), Citizens' Bank Building, William Lindsey and company Tobacco Factory, First Baptist Church, Main Street Methodist Church, Melrose (1909) designed by architect Richard Gambier, R. L. Watt house designed by Willard C. Northup, First Presbyterian Church (1922), St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Grand Theatre, Belvedere Hotel, United States Post Office and Federal Building, and the Municipal Building (1926).[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Allison Harris Black. Reidsville Historic District. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . August 1986 . pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2015-02-01.