{"nrhp_refnum":"00000826","name":"Salisbury Historic District (Boundary Increase III)","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Portions of E. Council, E. Innes, Lee and E. Liberty Sts. bet. Main and Depot Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Salisbury","county":"Rowan County","state":"NC","lat":35.66862590000005,"lon":-80.46898725499994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2000-07-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A boundary increase to the Salisbury Historic District in Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina, adding a compact commercial area of about seven acres along E. Council, E. Innes, Lee and E. Liberty streets. The contributing buildings date from ca. 1890 to 1950.","why_significant":"The added area holds commercial buildings that reflect the prosperity brought first by the railroad and later by car culture. Many are automobile-related businesses along Innes Street. They are good examples of standard commercial design from the first half of the twentieth century and retain a high degree of integrity.","narrative":"This boundary increase adds a compact block of commercial buildings to Salisbury's historic district, covering parts of five city blocks, about seven acres, along E. Council, E. Innes, Lee and E. Liberty streets. Most of the buildings are one or two stories of brick, built between about 1890 and 1950, and most share walls with their neighbors. Their prosperity first came with the railroad and then with the automobile. Six yellow-brick buildings with classical cornices stand in the 100 block of E. Innes Street. Several former car dealerships, garages and service buildings survive, including a stone former Shell station with round-arched bays and a crenelated cornice at 201 E. Innes Street, and a former livery stable later used as a Dodge dealership on E. Council Street. A narrow building on N. Lee Street still shows faded Coca-Cola signs. Of the buildings added, all but four contribute to the district's character, and the area keeps strong integrity of setting, design and materials.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Commercial Style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Mixed: many buildings remain in commercial use, while a few, such as 113 and 205 E. Council Street, are described as vacant and proposed for rehabilitation.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:52.784082-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/76/7220/47722076/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/00000826.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00000826/173138a110-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00000826/173138a110-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Kharris0317","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WSQ_Maxwell_Chambers_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Kharris0317</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WSQ_Maxwell_Chambers_House.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"75001289","name":"Salisbury Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/salisbury-historic-district-75001289/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722076","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salisbury_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19817709"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/rowan-county/salisbury-historic-district-boundary-increase-iii-00000826/"}