{"nrhp_refnum":"86003391","name":"Reidsville Historic District","other_names":["See Also:Reid, Governor David S., House","Penn House"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by W. Morehead, Southern Railway tracks, Lawson Ave., Main, Piedmontg, Vance and Lindsey Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Reidsville","county":"Rockingham County","state":"NC","lat":36.35207659550005,"lon":-79.66620377096037,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-03-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Commerce","Transportation","Exploration/Settlement","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A roughly 140-acre historic district in north central Reidsville, Rockingham County, North Carolina, covering the central business district, an industrial area to the east and northeast, and residential areas to the west and southeast. It includes about 419 buildings, mostly from 1865 to 1941.","why_significant":"The district shows Reidsville's growth as a railroad and tobacco trade center after the Piedmont Railroad arrived in 1863. It holds a full range of commercial, industrial, residential, religious and governmental buildings in Italianate, Queen Anne, classical revival, Craftsman, Art Deco and other styles. These reflect the forces that shaped the town during its period of significance.","narrative":"Reidsville's historic district covers about 140 acres in the north central part of the city. It takes in the downtown business blocks, an industrial area to the east and northeast, and residential streets to the west and southeast. The town was little more than a stagecoach stop until the Piedmont Railroad arrived in 1863, and the railroad and the tobacco trade drove its growth afterward. Of the 419 buildings, 324 contribute to the district's character. Early Italianate houses and brick commercial blocks from the 1880s give way to Queen Anne dwellings, classical revival homes and churches, and Craftsman bungalows. Notable buildings include Melrose, a 1909 Neo-Classical Revival house, the 1926 Municipal Building, and a mid-1930s Art Deco post office. The surviving tobacco factory and leaf houses recall the industry that built the town. The district is considered significant for this range of buildings from roughly 1865 to 1941.","period_of_significance":"roughly 1865-1941","architect_builder":"Harry Barton (Municipal Building); Richard Gambier (Melrose); Willard Northup (R. L. Watt House)","architectural_style":"Italianate, Queen Anne, Classical Revival, Neo-Classical Revival, Georgian Revival, Craftsman bungalow, Art Deco","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is marked excellent, good and fair, with buildings both altered and unaltered. Of 419 buildings, 324 contribute and 95 do not.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:50.851204-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/70/7183/47718370/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/86003391.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718370","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reidsville_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20713462"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/rockingham-county/reidsville-historic-district-86003391/"}