{"nrhp_refnum":"11000767","name":"North Market Street Historic District","other_names":["Nicholsonville"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by 15th, Nicholson & 6th Sts. & Summit Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Washington","county":"Beaufort County","state":"NC","lat":35.549966674000075,"lon":-77.04718236999652,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2011-10-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district of about nineteen blocks in the City of Washington, Beaufort County, North Carolina, extending north along North Market Street from Seventh to Fifteenth Streets. It includes portions of Nicholson, Bonner and Respess Streets and Summit Avenue, and contains 313 contributing resources.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district illustrates suburban growth in a small eastern North Carolina town from the 1890s to 1961, through its grid-platted suburb Nicholsonville and later additions. It is significant for community planning and development and for its range of architectural styles, from Late Victorian through Colonial Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman and Ranch houses, which it says is remarkably intact.","narrative":"Residential neighborhood of about nineteen blocks on North Market Street in Washington, Beaufort County, North Carolina, platted in 1893 as the suburb of Nicholsonville on a grid of narrow lots about fifty feet wide. Its development was expanded in 1896 and 1910, and later to the west with the Pate Place and Eason Farm. Houses built from the 1890s through the 1950s show a sequence of styles, including Late Victorian frame dwellings, Colonial Revival and Craftsman houses, Spanish Mission examples with stucco, and brick Ranch houses after World War II. Around 313 contributing resources date from the period of significance. The district is considered significant for community planning and development, showing how a small eastern North Carolina town grew outward during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Its developer, physician and businessman Samuel T. Nicholson, combined housing with nearby industry. Most buildings are first-generation houses on their original lots.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1895-1961","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Victorian; Colonial Revival; Classical Revival; Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival; Bungalow/Craftsman; Period Cottage; Ranch; Minimal Traditional","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The district is described as largely residential, with several former single-family dwellings now subdivided into apartments.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:42.451183-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/7/7190/47719007/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/11000767.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000767/019b8e5f2a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000767/019b8e5f2a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Tradewinds","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:North_Market_Street_Historic_District.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:North_Market_Street_Historic_District.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719007","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Market_Street_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18155154"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/beaufort-county/north-market-street-historic-district-11000767/"}