{"nrhp_refnum":"02000941","name":"King Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Dalton Rd., Main St., School St. and Railroad Right of Way","address_restricted":false,"city":"King","county":"Stokes County","state":"NC","lat":36.28077222950006,"lon":-80.35879127315675,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-09-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"King Historic District is a small railroad town district in the southwest corner of Stokes County, North Carolina, centered on the intersection of Dalton Road and Main Street. It contains a central business district and surrounding residential areas, built largely from about 1915 through 1950.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the town is an intact, small railroad town that served the area's tobacco farmers, with commercial buildings such as the Bank of King and King Drug Company reflecting that role. Its residences were built as a result of the commercial development of the community. The district is significant under commerce for its concentration of historic buildings and their integrity.","narrative":"King is a small town in the southwest corner of Stokes County, North Carolina, developed along the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad, which arrived in 1888. It grew from four rural crossroads communities into a single town, and its growth accelerated with the tobacco boom of the late 1890s and early 1900s. The historic district centers on a downtown of one- and two-story masonry commercial buildings, many dating from about 1914 to the 1950s, built close to the street and often sharing party walls. The Bank of King, built in 1914, and the King Drug Company, built in 1926, stand diagonally across from each other at the Main and Dalton intersection. Residential streets to the east and west hold frame I-houses, bungalows and Colonial Revival houses. The district is significant for its commercial buildings, which served farmers who sold tobacco and bought fertilizer and goods shipped by rail. The King Milling Company, built about 1924, still grinds flour and meal.","period_of_significance":"c. 1890-c. 1952","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Colonial Revival; Period Cottage; Bungalow/Craftsman; I-house; Commercial Style","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Some buildings have been altered, most commonly by vinyl siding; the district retains a good level of integrity. The King Milling Company is still in operation.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:42.275482-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/92/7222/47722292/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/02000941.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000941/f6751e140d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000941/f6751e140d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Ceh2624","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CornerMainDalton.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Ceh2624</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:CornerMainDalton.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722292","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19946012"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/stokes-county/king-historic-district-02000941/"}