{"nrhp_refnum":"12001158","name":"Uptown Suburbs Historic District","other_names":["Johnson Place","Sheraton Hill","The parkway","Roland Park","Emerywood"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by W. Lexington & Sunset Aves., Westchester Dr., Johnson & W. Ray Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"High Point","county":"Guilford County","state":"NC","lat":35.97555466150004,"lon":-80.02807127709025,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2013-01-09","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 sixty city blocks in High Point, Guilford County, North Carolina, made up of the Johnson Place, Roland Park, The Parkway, Sheraton Hill and Emerywood suburban developments, platted 1907-1946 and built c. 1910 through the early 1960s.","why_significant":"The district is a middle- to upper-class streetcar-era and automobile-era suburb whose houses reflect the prosperity of High Point's furniture and textile economy. It holds a wide range of architectural styles and keeps a high level of integrity. The text supplied is truncated and the Section 8 statement is not included, so the stated criteria are not visible.","narrative":"Roughly sixty blocks of northwest High Point make up this group of suburban neighborhoods: Johnson Place, Roland Park, The Parkway, Sheraton Hill and Emerywood. They were platted between 1907 and 1946, and houses went up from about 1910 into the early 1960s. The older sections follow a grid tied to downtown, while Emerywood uses curving streets that follow the rolling terrain. Most buildings are single-family houses, with a few apartment buildings, churches and, along North Main Street, later commercial buildings. Styles include Queen Anne, Craftsman bungalows, Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Period Cottages, Minimal Traditional and Ranch houses, reflecting the wealth of residents and High Point's furniture industry, which followed and sometimes set design trends. Of the 773 contributing resources, most are houses, along with garages and a few parks. Six properties are separately listed, and Johnson Street is also a local historic district. Replacement windows and siding are common, but most buildings keep their original form and character.","period_of_significance":"1907-1963","architect_builder":"Fred B. Klein (architect, own house); Mays and Park, Associates (architects of one c. 1960 house)","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman, Queen Anne, Period Cottage, Minimal Traditional, Ranch, and others","criteria":[],"status_note":"Remains largely residential; properties on North Main Street are now predominantly commercial. Buildings retain a high level of integrity, with replacement doors and windows the most common alteration.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:54.423155-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/58/7205/47720558/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/12001158.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12001158/2c3d0ab9a2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12001158/2c3d0ab9a2-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hurdover_and_Otteray,_High_Point.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hurdover_and_Otteray,_High_Point.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720558","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uptown_Suburbs_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22061113"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/guilford-county/uptown-suburbs-historic-district-12001158/"}