{"nrhp_refnum":"90000441","name":"Richlands Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Foy, Trenton, Hargett, Wilmington, Franck, and Church Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Richlands","county":"Onslow County","state":"NC","lat":34.90018427150005,"lon":-77.54685072768604,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-03-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A forty-eight-acre historic district covering most of the historic center of Richlands, Onslow County, North Carolina. It includes the commercial crossroads of Hargett and Wilmington streets and residential blocks along Foy, Franck and Hargett streets, with buildings mostly dating from the 1880s to the 1940s.","why_significant":"The district preserves Richlands' downtown commercial core and the homes of its business and professional men, nearly all dating from after the town's 1880 incorporation. Its buildings show how vernacular late Victorian houses gave way to bungalows and revival styles, and how merchants rebuilt in brick after fires in the early 1910s. The text available does not include the Section 8 statement, so the significance is drawn from the Section 7 description.","narrative":"Richlands Historic District covers about forty-eight acres at the center of the Onslow County town of Richlands, North Carolina. It takes in the commercial crossroads of Hargett and Wilmington streets and the nearby residential blocks along Foy, Franck and Hargett streets. Nearly all significant buildings date from after the town's incorporation in 1880. The houses are mostly vernacular frame dwellings with late Victorian ornament, including I houses, wraparound-porch homes, bungalows and a 1938 brick Georgian Revival house designed by Kinston architect Mitchell Wooten. The downtown was largely rebuilt in brick after fires in the early 1910s, and it includes the 1905 Richlands Supply Company Building, the 1927 Bank of Richlands and the 1936 Richlands Theater. Three churches and several former high school buildings also survive. Local carpenters such as Benjamin Findeisen and the Coston brothers built or remodeled many houses. The district's overall integrity is good, even though many storefronts and porches have been altered.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Mitchell Wooten (Kinston architect, Carl Whit Sutton House); local carpenters Benjamin \"Mack\" Findeisen and Joseph W. Coston; W. M. Barbee","architectural_style":"Vernacular with late Victorian decorative elements; I house; Queen Anne; Bungalow; Georgian Revival; Beaux Arts and Art Deco commercial","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as having good architectural integrity. Some individual buildings are vacant, and others have modern siding or altered storefronts.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:50.921771-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/91/7182/47718291/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/90000441.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718291","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richlands_Historic_District_(Richlands,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22061061"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/onslow-county/richlands-historic-district-90000441/"}