Salisbury Historic District (Boundary Increase III)

This boundary increase adds a compact block of commercial buildings to Salisbury's historic district, covering parts of five city blocks, about seven acres, along E. Council, E. Innes, Lee and E. Liberty streets. Most of the buildings are one or two stories of brick, built between about 1890 and 1950, and most share walls with their neighbors. Their prosperity first came with the railroad and then with the automobile. Six yellow-brick buildings with classical cornices stand in the 100 block of E. Innes Street. Several former car dealerships, garages and service buildings survive, including a stone former Shell station with round-arched bays and a crenelated cornice at 201 E. Innes Street, and a former livery stable later used as a Dodge dealership on E. Council Street. A narrow building on N. Lee Street still shows faded Coca-Cola signs. Of the buildings added, all but four contribute to the district's character, and the area keeps strong integrity of setting, design and materials.