North Market Street Historic District
Why it's listed
Residential neighborhood of about nineteen blocks on North Market Street in Washington, Beaufort County, North Carolina, platted in 1893 as the suburb of Nicholsonville on a grid of narrow lots about fifty feet wide. Its development was expanded in 1896 and 1910, and later to the west with the Pate Place and Eason Farm. Houses built from the 1890s through the 1950s show a sequence of styles, including Late Victorian frame dwellings, Colonial Revival and Craftsman houses, Spanish Mission examples with stucco, and brick Ranch houses after World War II. Around 313 contributing resources date from the period of significance. The district is considered significant for community planning and development, showing how a small eastern North Carolina town grew outward during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Its developer, physician and businessman Samuel T. Nicholson, combined housing with nearby industry. Most buildings are first-generation houses on their original lots.
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| Period of significance | ca. 1895-1961 |
|---|---|
| Styles | Late Victorian; Colonial Revival; Classical Revival; Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival; Bungalow/Craftsman; Period Cottage; Ranch; Minimal Traditional |
| Areas of significance | Architecture, Community Planning and Development |
| Acreage | 95 |
| Boundary source | NPS cultural-resource GIS polygon |
| Full listing page | North Market Street Historic District (property record) |
What listing means for this property
This is a historic district. Buildings within its boundary are either contributing (they add to the district's significance) or non-contributing. Owners of contributing income-producing buildings can claim the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit; homeowners should look at state credits. National Register districts impose no design review by themselves; a local historic district ordinance, if one exists, does (the difference explained).
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.