South Greensboro Historic District
Also known as: Asheboro Street Historic District
Why it's listed
South Greensboro Historic District lies just south of downtown Greensboro and the former North Carolina Railroad tracks. One of the city's earliest suburbs, it grew along Asheboro Street, now Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, and remains almost entirely residential. About ten percent of its roughly 340 residences predate 1900, including Italianate and Queen Anne houses and I-house and L-plan forms. Most of the rest were built in the 1920s, when more than 180 bungalows and about twenty-five foursquares went up, many with Craftsman details. The Arlington Park Subdivision contains unbroken rows of modest bungalows. Larger buildings include a Neoclassical Revival mansion built for developer John A. Hodgin, a former Friends church, a former fire station and the former David Caldwell School, now apartments. Building largely ended around 1930. Highway widening destroyed some early houses, and a few modern commercial buildings intrude along the main road, but the street grid and granite curbs survive.
Significance in brief: The district is one of Greensboro's earliest suburbs and keeps a wide range of house forms and styles, from Italianate and Queen Anne dwellings of the late 1800s to foursquares and Craftsman bungalows of the 1920s. It holds one of the city's largest collections of modest bungalows, including the Arlington Park Subdivision. A church, a former school, a former fire station and a fountain add civic variety.
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 91001812, listed December 20, 1991. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence medium).
Key facts
| Address | Roughly bounded by Gorrell, Martin, E. Bragg, Sevier, Omaha, Broad, Caldwell, Andrew, Vance, McCulloch, and King Dr., Greensboro |
|---|---|
| County | Guilford County |
| Listed | December 20, 1991 |
| Reference number | 91001812 |
| Resource type | District |
| Architectural style | Bungalow/Craftsman, Queen Anne, Italianate, foursquare, L-plan, I-house |
| Areas of significance | Community Planning and Development, Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Mostly still residential; the former school now holds apartments, the former fire station holds offices, and several houses on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive were being renovated as apartments by the city. One house was damaged by fire in 1991. |
| Acreage | 116 |
| Coordinates | 36.06646, -79.78361 (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 91001812.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q20713986
- This listing as JSON
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