{"nrhp_refnum":"90000367","name":"North Charlotte Historic District","other_names":["See Also:Highland Park Mill No. 3"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by the Southern Railroad, Herrin St., Spencer St., and Charles Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Charlotte","county":"Mecklenburg County","state":"NC","lat":35.24485333450005,"lon":-80.8076588364491,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-03-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A district of 438 resources about three miles north of downtown Charlotte, North Carolina, made up of three former textile mills, two mill villages, a small business district and some middle-class houses. Most of it dates from about 1903 to 1939.","why_significant":"The district preserves a largely intact early 20th-century textile community built around Highland Park Mill No. 3 (1903), Mecklenburg Mill (1905) and Johnston Mill (1913). It includes repeated rows of mill housing, a compact commercial strip and middle-class houses developed by North Charlotte Realty. The period of significance ends in 1939.","narrative":"North Charlotte is a former textile community about three miles north of downtown Charlotte, shaped by three brick mills along the Southern Railroad: Highland Park Mill No. 3 (1903), Mecklenburg Mill (1905) and Johnston Mill (1913). Around them grew two mill villages of one-story frame houses, built in a few repeated forms such as side-gable, T-plan, shotgun and duplex types, often in look-alike rows. Many have been covered with modern siding, but their original forms and porch layouts largely survive. The district also contains a small commercial strip along North Davidson Street, including the 1904 Hand Pharmacy Building and the 1927 Lowder Building, plus bungalows and Victorian cottages built for shopkeepers and clerks by North Charlotte Realty. Of 438 resources, 287 contribute to the district's character. The period of significance closes in 1939. Mecklenburg Mill stands vacant, while Highland Park Mill No. 3 serves as a warehouse.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Vernacular mill housing, early 20th-century brick industrial, vernacular Victorian, Bungalow/Craftsman","criteria":[],"status_note":"Highland Park Mill No. 3 is used for warehousing, Mecklenburg Mill is vacant with overgrown grounds, and part of Johnston Mill is a small manufacturing plant. About half the stores on the commercial strip are unoccupied.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:48.774863-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/88/7213/47721388/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/90000367.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000367/0f84e6b2ee-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000367/0f84e6b2ee-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"James Willamor","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:North_Charlotte_Historic_District.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">James Willamor</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_Charlotte_Historic_District.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721388","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Charlotte_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16933936"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/mecklenburg-county/north-charlotte-historic-district-90000367/"}