L. D. Giddens and Son Jewelry Store

L. D. Giddens and Son Jewelry Store
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
L. D. Giddens and Son Jewelry Store interior, September 2014
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Location	135 S. Center St., Goldsboro, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°22′56.3″N77°59′51.8″W / 35.382306°N 77.997722°W / 35.382306; -77.997722
Area	less than one acre
Built	1839 (1839)-1847, c. 1870, 1926, 1959
Architectural style	Early Commercial
NRHP reference No.	79001763 [1]
Added to NRHP	March 19, 1979

L. D. Giddens and Son Jewelry Store is a historic commercial building located at Goldsboro, Wayne County, North Carolina. It was built between 1839 and 1847, and is a two-story, three-bay, brick building. It measures 104 feet long and 23 feet, 6 inches wide. It features cast iron ornamentation and a freestanding clock (1877) at the street measuring 14 feet high. L. D. Giddens and Son was founded in 1859 and may be the oldest jewelry store in North Carolina. ^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. ^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Sarah Woodard (September 2004). "L. D. Giddens and Son Jewelry Store" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved July 1, 2015.