Salisbury Street Historic District
Why it's listed
Salisbury Street runs southwest from downtown Mocksville and holds a row of houses built mostly between the late 1820s and World War II. The early village road was the Salisbury Road, and the street grew as a semi-suburban residential area after Davie County's seat was laid out in 1839 to the northeast. The brick former Mocksville Academy, chartered in 1827 with its lot acquired in 1828, is a Federal style building that served as a school for nearly half a century. The Howell-Brown-Sanford House, begun about 1850 for merchant Stephen Lewis Howell, shows Greek Revival form with a double-tiered porch added about 1870. Charles F. Meroney's Queen Anne house, built about 1895 by James and Samuel Call, is one of the largest in the district. Craftsman bungalows from the 1920s and 1930s, including the Hugh A. Sanford House of 1921, complete the sequence. The district is noted for its tree cover of large white oaks, magnolias and cedars.
Significance in brief: The district is argued to be significant under Criterion A for its role in Mocksville's neighborhood development from the 1820s through the first five decades of the twentieth century, and as one of the town's two primary residential areas in the nineteenth century. It is also significant under Criterion C for its collection of Federal, Greek Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne, Classical Revival and Craftsman style houses, including the brick former Mocksville Academy.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 90000819, listed June 1, 1990. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-haiku-5-5, prompt v1.1-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | Roughly Salisbury St. from Kelly St. to Lexington Rd., Mocksville |
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| County | Davie County |
| Listed | June 1, 1990 |
| Reference number | 90000819 |
| Resource type | District |
| Period of significance | ca. 1828-1940 |
| Architect / builder | Call, James and Samuel, builders |
| Architectural style | Federal, Greek Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne, Classical Revival, Craftsman |
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| Areas of significance | Community Planning and Development, Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Acreage | 17 |
| Coordinates | 35.88978, -80.56478 (NPS GIS) |
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.
Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 90000819.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q18353727
- This listing as JSON
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