Ahoskie Historic District

Ahoskie's historic district covers roughly eighty blocks of the oldest part of the Hertford County town. It takes in the downtown commercial core, the industrial strip along the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, and the residential streets around them. The town grew in a grid tied to the railroad and Main Street, and its streets are named for directions, landmarks and early landowners. Most buildings date from the 1920s through the 1950s, a period of fast growth, and Craftsman, Colonial Revival and Minimal Traditional houses are the most common. A few Greek Revival buildings predate the town's incorporation. Local pine supplied lumber for early houses, while brick became common for stores after fires, and for churches and schools. The Classical Revival Ahoskie School, designed by Leslie Boney Sr., and the earlier downtown district are included. Of 781 resources, 607 contribute to the district's character, which dates from about 1805 to 1962.