Windsor Historic District
Why it's listed
Windsor, the county seat of Bertie County, was established by the colonial Assembly in 1768 on a one-hundred acre tract on the Cashie River, laid out as a grid with lots that buyers were required to build on within three years. The historic district covers most of the original town, with about 156 properties on sixteen blocks. Its residential streets hold houses from the Georgian period, including the Cherry House on York Street, one of only two eighteenth-century gambrel-roofed dwellings in the county, through Greek Revival and Queen Anne houses of the 1880s and 1890s to Bungalow examples. The commercial blocks along King and Granville streets were rebuilt in brick after a fire in 1888, and many of the two-story storefronts remain. The district is regarded as representative of a small eastern North Carolina town's development over more than a century.
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| Styles | Georgian, Greek Revival, Federal, Victorian, Queen Anne, Neoclassical Revival, Colonial Revival, Bungalow |
|---|---|
| Areas of significance | Community Planning and Development, Commerce, Politics/Government, Architecture |
| Acreage | 68 |
| Boundary source | NPS cultural-resource GIS polygon |
| Full listing page | Windsor 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.