{"nrhp_refnum":"98001264","name":"Hertford Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Perquimans R., W. Academy St., Hyde St., and Dobbs St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hertford","county":"Perquimans County","state":"NC","lat":36.18943920900006,"lon":-76.46735468649584,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1998-10-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district covering the core of the town of Hertford in Perquimans County, North Carolina, roughly bounded by the Perquimans River, West Academy and Hyde Park Streets, and Dobbs Street. It includes 223 contributing resources, among them houses, commercial and institutional buildings, a cemetery and a bridge, dating from about 1775 into the 1940s.","why_significant":"The district holds buildings from each period of the town's two centuries of development, from late-eighteenth-century Federal houses to 1920s Craftsman bungalows. It includes a rare Federal-era courthouse (1825), early churches, a largely intact brick commercial block, and Queen Anne and Colonial Revival houses from the prosperous 1890s. The form states the setting, feeling and association convey the town's growth, and about 77 percent of resources contribute.","narrative":"Hertford's historic district preserves the center of a river town on the Perquimans River in Perquimans County, North Carolina. Incorporated in 1758 and laid out in a grid, the town grew outward from its courthouse green. The district holds 223 contributing resources, including houses from about 1775 onward, many of them two-story side-hall Federal dwellings later updated with Greek Revival details. Queen Anne and Colonial Revival homes recall the prosperous 1890s, when the population doubled, and Craftsman bungalows date from the 1920s. Brick commercial buildings along North Church Street replaced earlier wooden ones, including the 1916 Classical Revival bank. Institutional landmarks include the 1825 Perquimans County Courthouse, a rare surviving Federal-era courthouse in the state, several nineteenth-century churches, Cedarwood Cemetery, a memorial to a 1672 Quaker service, and the S-shaped bridge over the river. Together they show how the town developed over two centuries.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Hill C. Linthicum (Hertford United Methodist Church); William F. Stokes (W.R. Shannonhouse Building); L. B. Perry (Gregory's 5-10-25 Cent Store); George E. King Bridge Company (1898 bridge)","architectural_style":"Federal, Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Classical Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as well preserved with very few modern intrusions, though many houses have modern siding or additions; the Hertford Hardware Store remains in continuous use as a hardware store.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:49.438757-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/44/7217/47721744/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/98001264.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98001264/0e69cc7d65-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98001264/0e69cc7d65-1600.webp","licence":"No restrictions","author":"State Archives of North Carolina","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baptist_Church,_Hertford_(22149219081).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">State Archives of North Carolina</a>, <a href=\"https://www.flickr.com/commons/usage/\" rel=\"license noopener\">No restrictions</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baptist_Church,_Hertford_(22149219081).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721744","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertford_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19868195"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/perquimans-county/hertford-historic-district-98001264/"}