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Greenville Commercial Historic District (Greenville, North Carolina)

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NRHP Reference #
  
03000419

Year built
  
1914

Area
  
10 ha

Added to NRHP
  
21 August 2003

Greenville Commercial Historic District (Greenville, North Carolina)

Location
  
Roughly bounded by West Third, South Evans and East and West Fifth Sts., Greenville, North Carolina

Architect
  
Milburn, Heister & Company; Riddick, Burwell et al.

Architectural style
  
Greek Revival, Queen Anne

Greenville Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 51 contributing buildings in the central business district of Greenville. It includes buildings dated from about 1914 to 1952 and notable examples of Greek Revival and Queen Anne style architecture. Located in the district and listed separately are the Pitt County Courthouse (1911) by Milburn, Heister & Company and U.S. Post Office (1913). Other notable buildings include the Proctor Hotel (1911), Montgomery Ward Department Store (1929), Dail-Hodges Building (1919), Blount Building (1924), Greenville Bank and Trust (c. 1915), Smith Electric Building (c. 1933), Greenville Municipal Building (1929) designed by Benton & Benton, Blount-Harvey Department Store (1923), White’s Theater (1914), Charles Greene House (1860), and the Robert Lee Humber House (1895).

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003, with a boundary increase in 2009.

References

Greenville Commercial Historic District (Greenville, North Carolina) Wikipedia