Lyndon Street Townhouses
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Why it's listed
Four attached two-story brick rowhouses at 195-201 Lyndon Street in Greensboro were built about 1905 and share a pressed-brick front facade and a full-length porch. The porch has a shed roof on seven Doric columns, while the second floor has polygonal bays and metal-clad gabled parapets in the Queen Anne manner. Side and rear walls are plainer common brick, and the building was later divided into eight apartments. The row is listed as Greensboro's only surviving early townhouses, a form that was rare in North Carolina at the time. The first tenants included a shoe company president and an attorney, but the row soon housed skilled laborers and clerks, partly because of its position beside the Southern Railway tracks. From 1919, Daniel C. Suggs, a Black teacher and entrepreneur, owned the block, and its tenants stayed white until 1928. He lost it to foreclosure in 1929, and Black tenants have lived there since.
Significance in brief: The nomination argues the building is Greensboro's only surviving early townhouse row and one of few early townhouse blocks in North Carolina. Its eclectic Colonial Revival and Queen Anne design reflects popular local styles. It also has an unusual social history: in the 1920s a Black entrepreneur owned it while white tenants lived there.
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 92000178, listed April 3, 1992. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | 195--201 Lyndon St., Greensboro |
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| County | Guilford County |
| Listed | April 3, 1992 |
| Reference number | 92000178 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Period of significance | ca. 1905 |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival; Queen Anne |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Still used as multiple dwellings; the building was later divided into eight apartments and has been rented to low-income African-American tenants since 1929. |
| Acreage | 0.4 |
| Coordinates | 36.07127, -79.78511 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
National Register listing is honorary: it recognises significance and does not restrict what a private owner may do without federal money or permits. It unlocks the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit for income-producing buildings, state credits in many states, and Section 106 review when federal agencies are involved. See what listing means in practice.
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Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 92000178.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q19986880
- This listing as JSON
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