{"nrhp_refnum":"05000941","name":"York-Chester Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Bounded by W. Franklin Blvd., W. Second Ave., South St., W. Tenth Ave., W. Eighth Ave. and S. Clay St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Gastonia","county":"Gaston County","state":"NC","lat":35.25549710300007,"lon":-81.18807879742613,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-09-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large residential historic district of about 193 acres just south of downtown Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina, with 649 contributing buildings, two contributing sites and one contributing structure, mostly houses built between the late 1800s and 1955.","why_significant":"The district is described as a well-preserved collection of domestic and religious buildings from the high point of Gastonia's growth as a textile center. It displays a wide range of architectural styles, including work by regionally prominent architect Hugh White. It retains a high degree of integrity despite some alterations and later infill.","narrative":"South of downtown Gastonia lies a neighborhood of roughly 193 acres made up mostly of single-family houses, with some apartments, two churches, a synagogue, a former Boy Scouts headquarters, Oakwood Cemetery and Gastonia High School. Of its 747 resources, 87 percent contribute to its character. Most date from the late nineteenth century to 1955, and the 1920s were the busiest decade of construction. Houses range from Queen Anne and Colonial Revival dwellings to bungalows, Period Cottages, Tudor Revival and Mediterranean Revival homes, Cape Cods, Minimal Traditional houses and Ranches. Regionally prominent architect Hugh White designed a number of buildings here. Mature trees, stone retaining walls and deep lawns on South York and South Chester streets shape the streetscapes. The district records the growth of Gastonia during its peak as a textile center and keeps a high degree of integrity, even with some replacement windows, synthetic siding and newer buildings.","period_of_significance":"1955","architect_builder":"Hugh White (architect); C. C. Wilson of Columbia (architect of the Separk House II)","architectural_style":"Queen Anne, Bungalow/Craftsman, Colonial Revival, Period Cottage, Italian Renaissance, Cape Cod, Minimal Traditional, Ranch, French Eclectic, Tudor Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Largely in residential use, with some houses converted to offices; the district is described as retaining a high degree of integrity.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:53.991748-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/85/7203/47720385/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/05000941.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720385","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/York-Chester_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22061158"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/gaston-county/york-chester-historic-district-05000941/"}