{"nrhp_refnum":"09001103","name":"Claremont High School Historic District (Boundary Increase)","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"505-753 N. Center St., 102-126 and 401 2nd ave NE, 406-602 3rd Ave. NE, 12-118 5th Ave. NW, 212-258 5th Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hickory","county":"Catawba County","state":"NC","lat":35.738558843500044,"lon":-81.33673288551984,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2009-12-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Education"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A boundary increase to the Claremont High School Historic District in Hickory, Catawba County, North Carolina, covering a residential neighborhood north of downtown Hickory around the former Claremont High School. The expansion area runs from Fifth Avenue north to Eighth Avenue and includes houses dating from about 1900 through 1959.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that the expansion area contains a wide range of popular early and mid-twentieth-century residential styles and architect-designed houses, which extends the period of significance of the original district to 1959. It also argues the area is significant in education for its connection to Claremont High School, which the nomination describes as the third public school in the city's system.","narrative":"Residential streets north of downtown Hickory, North Carolina, hold a mix of houses built between about 1900 and 1959, extending the Claremont High School neighborhood northward to Eighth Avenue. Most are one- to two-story frame or brick dwellings on smaller lots than the original district, reflecting growth after the 1920s. Styles include Craftsman bungalows, Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival Period Cottages, Dutch Colonial, Minimal Traditional and Ranch houses. Notable examples include a 1920s stuccoed Spanish Colonial Revival house on First Street NW and the Lester Gifford House, designed by architect Robert L. Clemmer on a nearly three-acre wooded lot. The 1959 three-story addition to Claremont High School, built to relieve overcrowding, is also included. The area is significant for its architecture and for its connection to the high school, which was the city's third public school and drew growth from Hickory's manufacturing boom.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1900-1959","architect_builder":"Clemmer, Robert L. - architect; Herman, Quince Edward - architect; Gylleck, Elmer - architect; M. G. Crouch Lumber Company - builder","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival, Craftsman, Tudor Revival, Period Cottage, Minimal Traditional, Ranch, Dutch Colonial, Spanish Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":null,"vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:42.280363-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/37/7174/47717437/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/09001103.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09001103/3d62fc3843-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09001103/3d62fc3843-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Tylerg","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Claremont_High_School_Historic_District.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Tylerg</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:Claremont_High_School_Historic_District.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"86003357","name":"Claremont High School Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/claremont-high-school-historic-district-86003357/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47717437","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claremont_High_School_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18148978"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/catawba-county/claremont-high-school-historic-district-boundary-increase-09001103/"}