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Weldon Historic District

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NRHP Reference #
  
96000565

Year built
  
1882

Area
  
44 ha

Added to NRHP
  
23 May 1996

Weldon Historic District

Location
  
Roughly bounded by US 301, Woodlawn Ave., Cedar St., 8th and 9th Sts., and CSX RR tracks, Weldon, North Carolina

Architect
  
Aladdin Company; Bottomly, William Lawrence, et al.

Architectural style
  
Queen Anne, Bungalow/craftsman, Colonial Revival

Weldon historic district top 6 facts


Weldon Historic District is a national historic district located at Weldon, Halifax County, North Carolina. It encompasses 256 contributing buildings, 2 contributing structures, and 9 contributing structures in the central business district and surrounding residential sections of the town of Weldon. The district includes notable examples of Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, and Bungalow / American Craftsman style architecture. The district overlaps the Roanoke Canal Historic District. Notable buildings include the Larkin-Hart House (c. 1871), Ashley L. Stainback House c. (1879), Smith-Dickens House (1901-1902), DeLeon F. Green House (1934) designed by William Lawrence Bottomley, Emry-Zollicoffer Building (1877), Bank of Weldon Building (c. 1895), George C. Green Building/Bank of Halifax Building (1915), Weldon Grocery Company Building (1913), (former) Weldon Town Hall (1893), United States Post Office (1938), Weldon Freight Depot (c. 1840), Coca-Cola Bottling Company (1925), and Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Embankment and Viaduct.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.

References

Weldon Historic District Wikipedia