{"nrhp_refnum":"96000565","name":"Weldon Historic District","other_names":["See Also:Grace Episcopal Church"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by US 301, Woodlawn Ave., Cedar St., 8th and 9th Sts., and CSX RR tracks","address_restricted":false,"city":"Weldon","county":"Halifax County","state":"NC","lat":36.42644207150005,"lon":-77.59633244582326,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1996-05-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Transportation","Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district covering most of the residential, commercial and transportation sections of Weldon, a small town on the south side of the Roanoke River in Halifax County, North Carolina. The district includes all or parts of thirty-four blocks laid out on a regular grid.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district reflects Weldon's development as a regionally important transportation and commercial center tied to the Roanoke Canal and a series of railroads from the 1830s onward. It also cites the district's concentration of late nineteenth and early twentieth century architecture in a range of styles and a high level of architectural integrity.","narrative":"Weldon's historic district occupies most of the town's residential, commercial and rail-related core on the south side of the Roanoke River. Its grid was laid out in 1834 on land once part of the plantation known as Weldon's Orchard. The town grew from the Roanoke Canal, completed around the great falls in 1823 with locks finished in 1834, and from railroads that terminated there beginning in 1833. Commercial buildings are predominantly brick, mostly one to three stories, and most retain intact upper facades. Residences are largely frame and include Italianate, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival and Craftsman examples. The district contains 273 primary resources, of which 205 are contributing. Its period of significance runs from about 1830 to 1946, and it includes the Stone Building, regarded as the oldest building in town, along with a synagogue established by an early twentieth century Jewish merchant community.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1830-1946","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate, Gothic Revival, Second Empire, Romanesque, Queen Anne, Neo-Classical Revival, Colonial Revival, Craftsman, Art Deco, Tudor Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":null,"vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:40.746313-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/16/7207/47720716/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/96000565.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000565/e00a95a88a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000565/e00a95a88a-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:WELDON_HISTORIC_DISTRICT,_HALIFAX_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:WELDON_HISTORIC_DISTRICT,_HALIFAX_COUNTY_NC.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720716","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weldon_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22061126"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/halifax-county/weldon-historic-district-96000565/"}