Kenansville Historic District (Boundary Decrease)

This amendment removes ten parcels, about 11.3 acres, from the southwestern edge of the Kenansville Historic District in Duplin County, North Carolina. The area lies along the north side of South Main Street (NC 24) and the west side of Stokes Street. When the district was listed in 1975, the area included three contributing resources: the circa 1850 Greek Revival Old Methodist Parsonage, the circa 1850 Blount House, and the Pearsall House. The parsonage was moved in 2000 and the Blount House in 2002, both to a property northwest of the district. The Pearsall House burned in 1986, and only its chimney remains. The parcels now hold a temporary bank structure, a vacant site slated for a permanent bank, a restaurant, a gas station, a building supply business and several modern residences, all noncontributing. Because the historic resources that justified inclusion are gone, the area was taken out of the district. The remaining boundary keeps one noncontributing property beside the Hinson House to stay valid.