{"nrhp_refnum":"100007276","name":"Elizabeth City Historic District (Boundary Increase II)","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly along Selden between West Main and West Church Sts.; roughly bounded by North Elliot, Elizabeth, Poindexter, McMorrine, Church, Pool, and Grice Sts.; and roughly bounded by Poindexter, Grice, McMorrine, and Fearing Sts., and 302 Colonial Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Elizabeth City","county":"Pasquotank County","state":"NC","lat":36.2997,"lon":-76.2233,"geom_source":"wikidata"},"listed_date":"2021-12-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district of about thirty blocks in Elizabeth City, Pasquotank County, North Carolina, on the Pasquotank River, containing residential and commercial buildings, including antebellum and late Victorian structures along Main Street and Road Street.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district is the densely developed core of Elizabeth City, a port town founded in 1793 at the terminus of the Dismal Swamp Canal. It holds a substantial group of Greek Revival, Queen Anne and Colonial Revival houses, one of the most handsome Victorian courthouses in the state, and perhaps the largest number of antebellum commercial buildings of any business district in the state.","narrative":"Elizabeth City's central district is a grid of streets on the Pasquotank River, laid out in 1793 on fifty acres bought from Adam and Elizabeth Tooley. The town grew as the terminus of the Dismal Swamp Canal, completed in 1805, which made it a depot for goods from the Albemarle region. Its buildings span the nineteenth century and include seven antebellum commercial buildings in Greek Revival, Gothic and Italianate styles, along with late Victorian stores. Nine known antebellum houses are scattered through the area, including the Grice-Fearing House, begun between 1789 and 1808, and the Pool-Kennedy-Lumsden House, built about 1840 as a town house. Greek Revival houses of the 1830s to 1860s line Church and Main streets. The district is also notable for its link to the Civil War: in February 1862 a Union fleet defeated a Confederate force downriver, and the courthouse was burned. The Victorian courthouse and the county government buildings remain prominent landmarks.","period_of_significance":"1793-1920","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival, Georgian, Federal, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Gothic, Italianate","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Commercial development of incompatible character and scale was described as threatening the integrity of the district; most residential streets are paved with brick later covered with asphalt.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:42.704552-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/4/7217/47721704/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/77001007.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/100007276/431b973e49-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/100007276/431b973e49-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Calvin Beale","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pasquotank_County_Courthouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Calvin Beale</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pasquotank_County_Courthouse.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"77001007","name":"Elizabeth City Historic District (Additional Documentation)","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/elizabeth-city-historic-district-additional-documentation-77001007/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721704","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_City_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19817682"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/pasquotank-county/elizabeth-city-historic-district-boundary-increase-ii-100007276/"}