North Smithfield Historic District

North Smithfield Historic District is a compact residential neighborhood of about 50 acres, just north of Smithfield's business district in Johnston County, North Carolina. It covers twenty-two blockfaces and holds buildings from about 1850 to 1950, including single and multi-family houses, a church, a cemetery and a former water power plant. The oldest building is a circa 1850 Greek Revival office on North Second Street. Later homes range from Italianate and Queen Anne dwellings of the 1880s to Neoclassical Revival mansions, Colonial Revival houses, Craftsman bungalows and 1930s and 1940s period cottages. Architect John C. Stout designed the 1912 Long House. The neighborhood was built for attorneys, merchants, insurance agents and other professionals alongside middle-class families, and it keeps mature shade trees and sidewalks. Of 164 resources, 124 contribute to its character. The district was recognized for its role in the town's community development and for its architecture.