{"nrhp_refnum":"10001094","name":"Washington Street Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Portions of eight blocks on Washington, Centennial, Fourth, and Hobson Sts, Eccles Pl, and Gaylord Ct","address_restricted":false,"city":"High Point","county":"Guilford County","state":"NC","lat":35.96434608200005,"lon":-80.00015091920572,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-12-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce","Black"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district of 41 primary resources on about twenty-nine acres along Washington Street in High Point, Guilford County, North Carolina, built from the early twentieth century through the early 1960s by and for the city's African American community. It is a largely linear district of commercial, institutional, ecclesiastical and residential buildings.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district is the most cohesive, intact collection of early- to mid-twentieth-century buildings associated with High Point's African American community. It is significant for commerce and ethnic heritage, reflecting a mixed-use community that developed under Jim Crow segregation, and for architecture, with examples of Queen Anne, Craftsman, Classical Revival, Gothic Revival, Art Moderne and Modernist styles. The period of significance runs from 1906 to 1963.","narrative":"Along Washington Street in High Point, North Carolina, a linear row of commercial, church, school and house buildings built between about 1906 and 1963 forms the core of the city's African American community. Residents erected dwellings, offices, shops, restaurants, churches and entertainment venues here from the late nineteenth century, creating a mixed-use neighborhood that prospered through much of the twentieth century under segregation. The district contains a Gothic Revival First Baptist Church dating to 1907, the Queen Anne Dr. C. J. H. Gaylord House of 1906, and the William Penn High School complex with its 1930 two-story brick building and 1955 gymnasium. Its buildings range from Queen Anne and Craftsman houses to Art Moderne clinics and Modernist public and community structures. The district is significant for its cohesive collection of these buildings and their association with African American commerce, education and worship.","period_of_significance":"1906-1963","architect_builder":"Conner, Robert W., architect; Schute, Leon, architect; Voorhees and Everhart, architects","architectural_style":"Commercial Style; Modern Movement; Art Moderne; Classical Revival; Colonial Revival; Gothic Revival; Queen Anne; Craftsman","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 17:11:41.097292-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/52/7205/47720552/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/10001094.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10001094/d83e61deb5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10001094/d83e61deb5-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Washington_east_of_Centennial,_High_Point.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Washington_east_of_Centennial,_High_Point.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720552","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Street_Historic_District_(High_Point,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22061122"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/guilford-county/washington-street-historic-district-10001094/"}