{"nrhp_refnum":"95000635","name":"South Race Street Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by S. Race St., Western Ave., W. Armfield St., W. Bell St., W. Sharpe St. and S. Oak St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Statesville","county":"Iredell County","state":"NC","lat":35.77776475700006,"lon":-80.89350618203552,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1995-05-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district on the southwest side of Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina, made up of houses, a church, small neighborhood stores and outbuildings built from 1894 to the 1930s. It covers all or parts of eight city blocks beside the Southern Railway corridor.","why_significant":"The district is an intact collection of buildings reflecting the growth of an industrial community in the 1890s and early twentieth century. It developed as a neighborhood of skilled and white-collar workers employed in nearby mills and industries, part of it from a 1894 planned subdivision. It also shows a range of Queen Anne, Colonial Revival and bungalow houses built by local builders.","narrative":"South Race Street Historic District is a densely built neighborhood on the southwest side of Statesville, North Carolina, bordered on the south by the Southern Railway tracks. It holds 85 contributing and 38 noncontributing resources across eight city blocks, mostly detached houses built between 1894 and the 1930s, along with a church, a parsonage and small neighborhood stores. Growth followed the 1893 opening of Statesville's first cotton mill, and about half the area was platted in 1894 by the Statesville Land and Manufacturing Company. Residents were largely skilled and white-collar workers, including two mill superintendents. Houses range from large two-story Queen Anne homes on corner lots to modest worker cottages, I-houses, Colonial Revival dwellings and bungalows, mostly built by local contractors. Later post-World War II infill is limited. The district retains its original street pattern, lot sizes and setting, which is why it was recognized for its architectural and historical value.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Local builders and contractors (individual names not given in the available text)","architectural_style":"Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman","criteria":[],"status_note":"Largely intact and well preserved; a few houses are vacant and some are undergoing renovation.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:50.541269-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/20/7209/47720920/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/95000635.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000635/f791138307-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000635/f791138307-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"JERRYE &amp; ROY KLOTZ, M.D.","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SOUTH_RACE_STREET_HISTORIC_DISTRICT,_STATESVILLE,_IREDELL_COUNTY,_NC.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">JERRYE &amp;amp; ROY KLOTZ, M.D.</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:SOUTH_RACE_STREET_HISTORIC_DISTRICT,_STATESVILLE,_IREDELL_COUNTY,_NC.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720920","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Race_Street_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20713996"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/iredell-county/south-race-street-historic-district-95000635/"}