Salem Street Historic District

North of Thomasville's downtown along the road from the north, this residential district covers about sixteen and a half acres on Salem Street and short stretches of Forsyth and Leonard streets. It holds twenty-five primary buildings, mostly houses plus two Gothic Revival churches, along with garages, sheds and other secondary resources. Construction ran from about 1861 to 1957, with the heaviest building in the 1920s. The district shows great stylistic variety: Colonial Revival is most common, joined by Queen Anne cottages, Craftsman bungalows, a Second Empire-influenced house, a Richardsonian Romanesque house of rusticated granite unusual in Davidson County, a Foursquare and a 1950s Ranch house. Lots, setbacks and building sizes vary because growth was not planned. Some houses have been remodeled or covered in vinyl siding, but the changes have not significantly altered the district's character. Thirty-three of its fifty-one resources contribute to its historic and architectural character, and its integrity is judged good.