{"nrhp_refnum":"02000275","name":"Downtown Albemarle Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Portions of S. 2nd, W. Main and N. and S. 1st Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Albemarle","county":"Stanly County","state":"NC","lat":35.35002224800007,"lon":-80.19913845799994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-03-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A commercial historic district in downtown Albemarle, Stanly County, North Carolina, covering portions of South Second Street, West Main Street, and North and South First streets. It holds twenty-two commercial buildings dating from 1898 to 1940.","why_significant":"The district is argued to be an intact and cohesive collection of late-nineteenth and twentieth-century commercial architecture (Criterion C). It is also tied to Albemarle's commercial growth from 1898 to 1950 (Criterion A, Commerce), when it was the town's most significant and intact commercial area. Growth followed the arrival of the Yadkin Railroad in 1891 and the opening of the Efird and Wiscasset textile mills.","narrative":"Downtown Albemarle's early commercial core spans portions of South Second Street, West Main Street, and North and South First streets. It contains twenty-two one-, two- and three-story masonry buildings built between 1898 and 1940, twenty of which contribute to its character. Most are plain to moderately detailed commercial-style buildings with arched window lintels, corbelled cornices, dentil bands, stepped parapets, and pressed metal trim, and some retain patented Crane storefronts and leaded glass transoms. The 1907 Starnes Opera House, built by local contractor L.A. Moody, is the most distinctive building. Dr. O. D. King built several of the Second Street buildings in 1898. The district reflects the town's growth after the Yadkin Railroad arrived in 1891 and the Efird and Wiscasset textile mills opened, when brick stores replaced earlier wooden ones. It was listed for its architecture and its role in the commercial development of Albemarle between 1898 and 1950.","period_of_significance":"1898 - 1950","architect_builder":"Moody, L.A. (builder)","architectural_style":"Commercial Style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Twenty of twenty-two resources are contributing; many buildings remain in commercial use, including shops, offices, a restaurant, a pharmacy and a jeweler. Some storefronts have been altered and one building was undergoing restoration.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:54.20248-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/66/7222/47722266/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/02000275.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000275/83a04ea7f1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000275/83a04ea7f1-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jerrye &amp; Roy Klotz, MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DOWNTOWN_ALBEMARLE_HISTORIC_DISTRICT,_STANLY_COUNTY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerrye &amp;amp; Roy Klotz, MD</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DOWNTOWN_ALBEMARLE_HISTORIC_DISTRICT,_STANLY_COUNTY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722266","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown_Albemarle_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19946147"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/stanly-county/downtown-albemarle-historic-district-02000275/"}