{"nrhp_refnum":"88000141","name":"Salisbury Historic District (Boundary Increase I)","other_names":["Salisbury Fire House and City Building","See Also:Salisbury Hi"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"117 S. Lee St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Salisbury","county":"Rowan County","state":"NC","lat":35.66627161400004,"lon":-80.46896783799997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-01-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A boundary increase to the Salisbury Historic District in Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina. It covers 115 mostly residential buildings along S. Church, S. Fulton, W. Thomas and W. Marsh Streets, plus three downtown commercial and public buildings.","why_significant":"The area is described as an important part of residential growth south and west of downtown Salisbury between S. Main and S. Fulton Streets. It contains elaborate homes of prominent citizens alongside typical middle-income dwellings built from the late nineteenth century through the mid-twentieth century. The three downtown buildings (1897 to ca. 1925) show the evolution of commercial and public styles and were left out of the original district by mistake.","narrative":"This extension of the Salisbury Historic District covers an irregular area a few blocks west of downtown Salisbury, North Carolina. It takes in parts of S. Church, S. Fulton, W. Thomas and W. Marsh Streets and holds 115 single- and multi-family residences, of which 18 are pivotal and 85 contributing. Most were built between about 1880 and 1940. Styles include an 1879 Italianate house, late Victorian homes with sawn decoration, Craftsman bungalows, four-squares and Colonial Revival houses, among them a row of 1927 brick four-squares built by developer Walter F. McCanless. The district shows how residential development spread between S. Main and S. Fulton Streets, with the homes of prominent citizens next to more modest rental and owner-occupied houses. The extension also includes three downtown buildings: the 1897 Fire House and City Building, the 1910 S.H. Kress Building and the ca. 1925 Star Laundry Building. They were inadvertently omitted from the original district boundaries.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Walter F. McCanless (developer of 1927 four-squares on W. Marsh Street); individual houses built by various owners and builders","architectural_style":"Italianate, Late Victorian, Colonial Revival, Craftsman bungalows, four-squares","criteria":[],"status_note":"Most houses are occupied; five vacant lots are noted. Condition is mostly excellent to good, with some fair.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:49.543193-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/52/7220/47722052/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/88000141.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88000141/173138a110-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88000141/173138a110-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Kharris0317","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WSQ_Maxwell_Chambers_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Kharris0317</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WSQ_Maxwell_Chambers_House.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"75001289","name":"Salisbury Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/salisbury-historic-district-75001289/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722052","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salisbury_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19817709"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/rowan-county/salisbury-historic-district-boundary-increase-i-88000141/"}