{"nrhp_refnum":"07000350","name":"Lexington Residential Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by State St., W. Fifth St., Martin St., Westside Dr., Southbound St., and W. Ninth Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lexington","county":"Davidson County","state":"NC","lat":35.82448936950007,"lon":-80.2605026151379,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2007-04-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development","Art"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A roughly 264-acre residential historic district in Lexington, Davidson County, North Carolina, just northwest of the downtown commercial core. It holds the town's earliest residential sections, several platted early-to-mid twentieth-century neighborhoods and Lexington City Cemetery, with buildings dating from about 1900 to 1956.","why_significant":"The district is described as an intact, cohesive collection of domestic, religious, commercial, industrial and educational buildings from the early to mid twentieth century. Most of the housing dates to the 1910s and 1920s, when Lexington's growth peaked. It shows a wide range of popular national styles, and about 89 percent of its 751 primary resources are contributing. The form calls it locally significant.","narrative":"Lexington's residential historic district covers about 264 acres northwest of downtown and includes the town's oldest neighborhoods, the platted subdivisions of Park Place, Robbins Heights, Courtenay, Rosemary Park, Hillcrest, Oak Crest and Westover Heights, and Lexington City Cemetery, whose oldest section dates to around 1740. Most of the 751 primary buildings were built between about 1900 and 1956. They include Queen Anne cottages, bungalows, Colonial, Tudor and Mediterranean Revival houses, and later Minimal Traditional and Ranch homes. Apartment buildings, a few modest factories and shops, First Baptist Church, the 1954 armory and the 1930 Grimes School stand among the houses. The Courtenay and Hillcrest streets were laid out by landscape architect Earle Sumner Draper. Much of the housing reflects the 1910s and 1920s, Lexington's period of greatest growth. Although some buildings have modern windows or siding, the district keeps a high degree of integrity, and about 89 percent of its primary resources contribute to its character.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Earle Sumner Draper (landscape architect, Courtenay and Hillcrest streets); Joseph T. Levesque (architect, Wall House, Williams Circle)","architectural_style":"Queen Anne, Bungalow/Craftsman, Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Mediterranean Revival, Modern Movement (Minimal Traditional, Ranch)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Mostly single-family residential use with some multi-family housing; some houses on West Center Street have been converted to offices. Retains 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 02:57:54.645368-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/45/7199/47719945/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/07000350.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719945","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington_Residential_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18353676"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/davidson-county/lexington-residential-historic-district-07000350/"}