Dickinson Avenue Historic District

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Dickinson Avenue Historic District
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Dickinson Avenue Historic District, September 2014
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Location600-900 Blocks of Dickinson Ave., W. Eighth St., Ficklen St., S. Pitt St., Clark St., Atlantic Ave., and Albemarle Ave.
Coordinates 35°36′27″N77°22′47″W / 35.60750°N 77.37972°W / 35.60750; -77.37972 Coordinates: 35°36′27″N77°22′47″W / 35.60750°N 77.37972°W / 35.60750; -77.37972
Area12 acres (4.9 ha)
Built1902 (1902)
ArchitectBlauwelt, H.J.
Architectural styleEarly Commercial, Classical Revival
NRHP reference No. 07000092 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 1, 2007

Dickinson Avenue Historic District is a national historic district located at Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 35 contributing buildings and 3 contributing structures in a mixed commercial and industrial section of Greenville. It includes buildings dated from about 1902 to 1956 and notable examples of Classical Revival and Commercial architecture. Notable buildings include the Brown Building (c. 1916), Hines Building (c. 1916), First Christian Church (1916), Roxy Theater (1948), and the Imperial Tobacco Company factory (1902-1964). [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Beth Keane (July 2006). "Dickinson Avenue Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.