{"nrhp_refnum":"01001427","name":"South Broad-East Fifth Streets Historic District","other_names":["East Burlington"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by E. Morehead, S. Broad, Sixth, and W. Main Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Burlington","county":"Alamance County","state":"NC","lat":36.089414181500075,"lon":-79.43986782689427,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-12-31","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A roughly nine-block residential historic district in southeast Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina, centered on South Broad and East Fifth Streets. It holds 108 contributing resources, mostly houses built between the 1890s and 1940s.","why_significant":"The district is significant for architecture and for community planning and development. It preserves a cohesive streetscape of Queen Anne, Craftsman bungalow, Colonial Revival and Mission-style buildings, along with early apartment buildings and rental housing. It reflects Burlington's growth between about 1890 and 1950, when the last major building phase served the town's expanding economy.","narrative":"Southeast of Burlington's business district, this nine-block neighborhood of tree-shaded, hilly streets is centered on South Broad and East Fifth Streets. It contains 108 contributing resources, including 76 principal buildings, mostly one- to two-story houses, and 32 garages and sheds. The oldest are Queen Anne cottages and an Episcopal rectory from the 1890s and early 1900s. During the 1920s a notable group of bungalows went up, several faced in stone with grapevine mortar joints, and some were probably built by contractor H. F. Mitchell. Apartment buildings such as the 1928 Holt Apartments, with a courtyard and Spanish-tiled stoops, show the spread of multi-family housing. In the 1930s landlords added small Craftsman duplexes and rental houses. Building continued through the Depression and the start of World War II. The area was listed for its architecture and for what it shows of Burlington's residential development between about 1890 and 1950. Many houses have replacement siding or windows, but most keep their original character.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1890-1950","architect_builder":"Davis, James A.R. - builder; Mitchell, H. Frank - builder","architectural_style":"Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman, Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Houses are generally in good condition and the district retains a high level of integrity. About half of the houses are rental property, and these are generally less well tended than owner-occupied ones. Uses remain largely residential, with a few commercial buildings.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:54.409334-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/42/7172/47717242/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/01001427.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47717242","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Broad%E2%80%93East_Fifth_Streets_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17560774"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/alamance-county/south-broad-east-fifth-streets-historic-district-01001427/"}