{"nrhp_refnum":"96001550","name":"Faison Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by College, Hill, Solomon, and Ellis Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Faison","county":"Duplin County","state":"NC","lat":35.117255555500066,"lon":-78.13686457600775,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1997-01-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Community Planning and Development","Architecture","Industry"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district of about 31 commercial, industrial and residential blocks in the town of Faison, in northwest Duplin County, North Carolina, centered on the Atlantic Coast Line railroad tracks. It contains 119 contributing and 53 noncontributing resources.","why_significant":"The district is argued to be a noteworthy collection of commercial and residential buildings tied to the growth of a farming and market town in the inland coastal plain. The railroad, which arrived in 1840, drove the town's commerce and prosperity, and that prosperity shows in its Commercial style stores and in homes from about 1850 to 1930. It also holds rare buildings, including an early false-front frame store and a pressed-metal facade unique in the county.","narrative":"Faison's historic district covers about thirty-one blocks of a railroad and farm-market town in the coastal plain of northwest Duplin County. The Atlantic Coast Line tracks, completed in 1840, run through a grassy central plaza, with the business district along East and West Center and Main streets and houses in the surrounding quadrants. Most stores are one- and two-story Commercial style buildings from 1900 to 1920 with decorative brick panels and cornices. Notable exceptions include a rare false-front frame store of about 1850-70, a pressed-metal upper facade unique in the county, the 1931 Cates pickle plant, and a 1933 Mission-style service station. Houses date from about 1850 to 1930 and range from Greek Revival and Italianate to Queen Anne and Bungalow/Craftsman. The 1918 Victorian Gothic Presbyterian Church and the 1888 depot, now a library, add to the group. The district was listed because it shows how the railroad shaped a small market town where business and home life remained closely linked.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate, Queen Anne, Greek Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman, Commercial Style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still in mixed use: stores, a pickle plant, churches, houses and a library in the relocated 1888 depot. Some buildings have been altered, and many 1900-1920 storefronts keep original features.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:49.264774-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/95/7176/47717695/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/96001550.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47717695","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faison_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18354692"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/duplin-county/faison-historic-district-96001550/"}