{"nrhp_refnum":"07000092","name":"Dickinson Avenue Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"600-900 Blks Dickinson Ave., one blk of side Sts, inc.W. Eighth, Flicklien, S. Pitt, Clark Sts., Atlantic, Albermarle","address_restricted":false,"city":"Greenville","county":"Pitt County","state":"NC","lat":35.611443529500036,"lon":-77.37765412945207,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2007-03-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce","Industry"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A commercial historic district centered on the 600-900 blocks of Dickinson Avenue in Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina, plus one block of adjacent side streets and a railroad right-of-way. It holds 45 resources, mostly brick commercial buildings from about 1902 to 1956.","why_significant":"The district shows how Dickinson Avenue changed from a residential street into a commercial corridor in the 1910s and 1920s as Greenville's business center expanded toward the railroad. Its buildings reflect the town's tobacco, retail, and railroad-related commerce. It retains its streetscape and much of its architectural detail from the period of significance.","narrative":"Dickinson Avenue Historic District covers the 600-900 blocks of a diagonal commercial street in Greenville, North Carolina, along with one block of adjoining side streets and a CSX railroad right-of-way. Most of its 45 resources are one- and two-story brick commercial buildings in the early twentieth-century Commercial Style. The district also includes a Classical Revival church, a movie theater, a tobacco warehouse, a remnant of railroad track, and remains of the Imperial Tobacco Company factory. During the 1910s and 1920s, the central business district spread along Dickinson Avenue toward the railroad tracks and replaced earlier houses with stores, garages, bottling plants, and warehouses. Many lower storefronts have been modernized, and demolitions have left vacant lots, yet the upper facades, streetscape, and much architectural detail survive from the period of significance, about 1902 to 1956. Thirty-five buildings and three structures contribute to its historic character.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1902-1956","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Commercial Style, Classical Revival, Art Deco, Romanesque, Industrial Italianate","criteria":[],"status_note":"Many storefronts have been altered and several buildings were demolished, leaving vacant lots. Some buildings remain in commercial or religious use, and a few are vacant.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:53.064498-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/11/7218/47721811/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/07000092.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000092/9f7ad174e2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000092/9f7ad174e2-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Tradewinds","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dickinson_Avenue_Historic_District_2.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Tradewinds</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:Dickinson_Avenue_Historic_District_2.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721811","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dickinson_Avenue_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19877883"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/pitt-county/dickinson-avenue-historic-district-07000092/"}