Oxford Historic District | |
![]() Granville County Historical Museum, September 2012 | |
Location | Roughly bounded by College, New College and Gilliam and Raleigh, Front, Broad and Goshen and Hayes Sts.; also roughly bounded by Alexander and Sunset Aves., 3rd, Belle, Broad, Cherry, College, Devin, Franklin, Front, Gilliam, Granville, Henderson, Hillsboro, Lanier, Main, New College, Raleigh, and West Sts., and Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Oxford, North Carolina |
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Coordinates | 36°18′41″N78°35′25″W / 36.31139°N 78.59028°W |
Area | 126 acres (51 ha) |
Built | 1838 |
Architect | Bain, W.C.; Et al. |
Architectural style | Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Greek Revival, Late Victorian |
MPS | Granville County MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 88000403 [1] (original) 100005974 (increase) |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | April 28, 1988 |
Boundary increase | December 21, 2020 |
Oxford Historic District is a national historic district located at Oxford, Granville County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 201 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 2 contributing objects in the central business district and surrounding residential sections of Oxford. It includes buildings dating from the early-19th century through the 1930s and notable examples of Greek Revival and Late Victorian style architecture. Located in the district is the separately listed Granville County Courthouse (1838-1840). Other notable buildings include the Bryant-Kingsbury House (c. 1825), Taylor-McClanahan-Smith House (1820s), former Granville County Jail (Granville County Museum, 1858), Oxford Women's Club (c. 1850), Titus Grandy House (1850s), Oxford Presbyterian Church (c. 1830), St. John's College, Lyon-Winston Building (1911), Herndon Block Number 2 (c. 1887), Hunt Building (c. 1887), L. H. Currin-American Tobacco Company (1860s), and St. Stephens Episcopal Church (1902). [2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988, with a boundary revision in 2020. [1]
Hillsborough Historic District is a national historic district located at Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 529 contributing buildings, 9 contributing sites, 13 contributing structures, and 2 contributing objects in the central business district and surrounding residential sections of Hillsborough. The district includes buildings dating to the late-18th and early-20th century and includes notable examples of Federal, Greek Revival, and Italianate style architecture. Located in the district are the separately listed Burwell School, Eagle Lodge, Hazel-Nash House, Heartsease, Montrose, Nash Law Office, Nash-Hooper House, Old Orange County Courthouse, Poplar Hill, Ruffin-Roulhac House, Sans Souci, and St. Matthew's Episcopal Church and Churchyard. Other notable buildings include Seven Hearths, the Presbyterian Church (1815-1816), Methodist Church (1859-1860), First Baptist Church (1862-1870), Twin Chimneys, and the Berry Brick House.
Halifax Historic District is a national historic district located at Halifax, Halifax County, North Carolina, US that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970. It includes several buildings that are individually listed on the National Register. Halifax was the site of the signing of the Halifax Resolves on April 12, 1776, a set of resolutions of the North Carolina Provincial Congress which led to the United States Declaration of Independence gaining the support of North Carolina's delegates to the Second Continental Congress in that year.
Pittsboro Historic District is a national historic district located at Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 131 contributing buildings, 3 contributing sites, and 1 contributing object in the county seat of Pittsboro. Located in the district and separately listed are the Chatham County Courthouse, the Hall-London House, the Moore-Manning House, the Reid House, the Lewis Freeman House, the McClenahan House, and the Patrick St. Lawrence House. Other notable buildings include the Blair Hotel, Pilkington Drug Store / S & T' s Soda Shoppe, Justice Motor Company building (1949), St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church (1832), Pittsboro United Methodist Church, and Queen Anne style Henry H. Fike House.
Tarboro Historic District is a national historic district located near Tarboro, Edgecombe County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 364 contributing buildings in central Tarboro. It includes a variety of industrial, commercial, residential, and institutional buildings dating from the late-18th through early-20th centuries. Located in the district are the separately listed Tarboro Town Common, The Barracks, Redmond-Shackelford House, Pender Museum, Blount-Bridgers House, Coates-Walston House, Calvary Episcopal Church and Churchyard, and the Cotton Press complex. Other notable buildings include the Morris-Powell House, Porter House, U. S. Post Office (1914), Pippen House (1870s), Dancy-Battle-Bass Clark House, Holderness House, Howard Memorial Presbyterian Church (1908-1909), W. H. MacNair House (1913), Henry Cherry-George White House, Jones House (1870-1875), Tarboro Primitive Baptist Church, St. James Methodist Church (1916), Carolina Telephone & Telegraph (1912), Clark's Warehouse #1 and #2, Battle-Porter-Powell House, Gaskil1-Hussey House (1882), Cheshire-Nash House, and Norfleet Court (1858).
West End Historic District is a national historic district located at Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 508 contributing buildings and 7 contributing structures, in a predominantly residential section of Winston-Salem. It was a planned picturesque streetcar suburb developed at the turn of the 20th century. The buildings date from about 1887 to 1930, and include notable examples of Classical Revival, Colonial Revival, Queen Anne, and Bungalow / American Craftsman style architecture. Located in the district are the separately listed H. D. Poindexter Houses and Zevely House. Other notable buildings include the St. Paul's Episcopal Church (1928-1929) designed by Ralph Adams Cram, Augsburg Lutheran Church (1926), Friends Meeting House (1927), the First Church of Christ, Scientist (1924), and Joyner's West End Grocery.
Louisburg Historic District is a national historic district located at Louisburg, Franklin County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 206 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, 6 contributing structures, and 1 contributing object in residential sections of Louisburg included in the original 1779 town plan. It also includes a section of Louisburg College located on the old Town Commons. Dwellings date between about 1800 and the 1920s and include notable examples of popular architectural styles including Federal / Georgian, Italianate / Greek Revival, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Late Victorian, and Bungalow / American Craftsman. Located in the district and separately listed are the Fuller House, Williamson House, and Main Building, Louisburg College. Other notable buildings include the Shine-King House, Milner-Perry-Boddie-Dennis House, Dr. J.B. Clifton House, The Edgerton-Pruitt House, The Furgurson-Hicks House, Nicholson-Bickett-Taylor House, The Hughes-Watson-Wheless House, Bailey-Yarborough House, The Barrow House, The Neal-Webb House, The Milner-Williams-Person Place, Former Rectory-St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Hicks-Perry-Bland-Holmes House, Malcomb McKinne House First Baptist Church (1927), Louisburg United Methodist Church (1900), and Louisburg Baptist Church (1901-1904).
Snow Hill Historic District is a national historic district located at Snow Hill, Greene County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 229 contributing buildings, a contributing site, two contributing structures, and a contributing object in the central business district and surrounding residential sections of Snow Hill. The buildings are in a variety of popular 19th and early-20th century architectural styles including Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Colonial Revival, and, Bungalow / American Craftsman. Located in the district are the separately listed Greene County Courthouse and St. Barnabas Episcopal Church. Other notable buildings include J. Exum & Co. Grocery building, Harper Drugstore, Sugg-Harper House, Williams-Exum Housem, Murphrey-Morrill House (1885), Josiah Exum House (1887-1888), Alfred Warren House (1912-1915), Calvary Memorial Methodist Church (1928), Snow Hill Presbyterian Church (1935), and former First Baptist Church.
Ahoskie Historic District is a national historic district located at Ahoskie, Hertford County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 604 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 2 contributing structures in the central business district and surrounding residential sections of Ahoskie. The buildings include notable examples of Classical Revival, Colonial Revival, Late Gothic Revival, Tudor Revival, and Bungalow / American Craftsman architecture. The district includes the separately listed Ahoskie School and Roberts H. Jernigan House and encompasses the previously listed Ahoskie Downtown Historic District. Other notable buildings include The Tomahawk Motel, Ahoskie Food Center, Thomas Wright Hayes House, Basnight & Company Building, Ahoskie United Methodist Church, St. Thomas Episcopal Church, and North Carolina Mutual Insurance Company.
North Smithfield Historic District is a national historic district located at Smithfield, Johnston County, North Carolina. It encompasses 120 contributing buildings, 3 contributing sites, and 1 contributing structure in a predominantly residential section of Smithfield. It includes notable examples of Italianate and Queen Anne style architecture and buildings dating from about the 1850s through the 1940s. Notable buildings include the Lunceford-Narron House, Massey-Wilson House, Stevens-Mattox House, Allred-Pou-Wellons-McGowan House, (former) Smithfield Water Power Plant, and St Ann's Catholic Church (1935).
West Selma Historic District is a national historic district located at Selma, Johnston County, North Carolina. It encompasses 217 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 1 contributing structures in predominantly residential section of Selma. It includes notable examples of Queen Anne, Gothic Revival, Moderne, and Bungalow / American Craftsman style architecture and buildings dating from about 1880 to 1961. Located in the district is the separately listed Nowell-Mayerburg-Oliver House and William E. Smith House. Other notable buildings include the Edgerton Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church, Abdalla House, Dr. Joshua W. Vick House, Stella and William H. Etheridge House, Dr. R. Marvin Blackmon House, Samuel P. Wood House (1935), Janie and C. E. Kornegay House (1923), Selma Presbyterian Church, St. Gabriel's Episcopal Church/Vernon Wiggs House, and Pepsi Bottling Company.
Hamilton Historic District is a national historic district located at Hamilton, Martin County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 60 contributing buildings, 2 contributing sites, and 1 contributing structure in the town of Hamilton. They include notable examples of Greek Revival, Queen Anne, and Carpenter Gothic architecture in buildings dated from the early-19th century through the 1920s. Located in the district is the separately listed Darden Hotel. Other notable buildings include the Edmondson-Purvis House, Upton-Pippen house, Conoho Masonic Lodge, Weatherbee-Anthony House, David L. Martin House, Baker-Ballard House, St. Martin's Episcopal Church, Gladstone Building, Hamilton Methodist Church (1903), and Hamilton Baptist Church (1929).
The Wilmington Historic District is a national historic district located at Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 875 contributing buildings 38 contributing sites, and 3 contributing structures in the historic core and surrounding residential sections of Wilmington. The district developed after Wilmington was laid out in 1737, and includes notable examples of Queen Anne and Bungalow/American Craftsman style architecture. Located in the district are the separately listed City Hall/Thalian Hall and Alton Lennon Federal Building and Courthouse. Other notable buildings include:
Jackson Historic District is a national historic district located at Jackson, Northampton County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 168 contributing buildings, 2 contributing sites, 1 contributing structure, and 2 contributing objects in the central business district and surrounding residential sections of Jackson. The district developed between about 1825 and 1953 and includes notable examples of Federal and Greek Revival style architecture. Located in the district are the separately listed Amis-Bragg House, Church of the Saviour and Cemetery, and Northampton County Courthouse Square. Other notable contributing resources include Lewis Drug Store (1930), Kennedy's Five Cents to Five Dollars Store, Bank of Northampton (1928), Bowers Hardware Store, Atlas Oil Company Building, Farmer's Cotton Gin Complex, Faison House, Saint Catherine's Hall (1848), Judge Robert Peebles House (1890s), Selden-Boone House, Jackson Baptist Church (1881), and Jackson United Methodist Church (1937).
Elizabeth City Historic District is a national historic district located at Elizabeth City, Pasquotank County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 592 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, 1 contributing structure, and 1 contributing object in the central business district and surrounds residential sections of Elizabeth City. The district developed after 1789, and includes representative examples of Greek Revival, Federal, and Late Victorian style architecture. Notable contributing buildings include the Grice-Fearing House (1789-1808), Shirley Armstrong House, Goodman-Matthews-Pool House, Dr. William Martin House, Pool-Kennedy-Lumsden House, Charles-Hussey House, Richardson-Pool House, North Carolina Building (1859), Cobb Building, the former First Methodist Church, Christ Episcopal Church (1857), J. W. Dent House, Dr. Butt's Drug Store, the McMullen Building, the Lowrey Building, former Citizens Bank, Robinson Building (1903), Kramer Building (1909), Selig Building (1925), the Virginia Dare Hotel and Arcade (1927), First Baptist Church (1889), United States Post Office and Courthouse, and Pasquotank County Courthouse (1882).
Farmville Historic District is a national historic district located at Farmville, Pitt County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 330 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 2 contributing structures in the central business district and surrounding residential sections of Farmville. It includes buildings dated from about 1860 to 1942 and notable examples of Colonial Revival, Classical Revival, and Queen Anne style architecture. Notable buildings include the James W. May House, Fields-Rasberry House, Dr. David Morrill House, Warren Parker House, Nannie Smith House, First Christian Church (1910), Emmanuel Episcopal Church (1920), St. Elizabeth Catholic Church, Municipal Building (1928) possibly designed by Benton & Benton, Bank of Farmville (1921) designed by Benton & Benton, Pollard Auto Company Building, Paramount Theatre (1930s), J. Y. Monk Tobacco Warehouse, and East Carolina Railway Office and Freight Station.
Reidsville Historic District is a national historic district located at Reidsville, Rockingham County, North Carolina. It encompasses 324 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, 11 contributing structures, and 1 contributing object in the central business district and surrounding residential sections of Reidsville. It was developed between about 1865 and 1941, and includes notable examples of Italianate, Queen Anne, American Craftsman, and Classical Revival style architecture. Located in the district are the separately listed Penn House and Gov. David S. Reid House. Other notable buildings include the Oaks-Motley House, Colonel A. J. Boyd House (mid-1870s), Reid Block (1880s), Citizens' Bank Building, William Lindsey and company Tobacco Factory, First Baptist Church, Main Street Methodist Church, Melrose (1909) designed by architect Richard Gambier, R. L. Watt house designed by Willard C. Northup, First Presbyterian Church (1922), St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Grand Theatre, Belvedere Hotel, United States Post Office and Federal Building, and the Municipal Building (1926).
Salisbury Historic District is a national historic district located at Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 348 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site in the central business district and surrounding residential sections of Salisbury. It includes notable examples of Late Victorian, Colonial Revival, and Bungalow / American Craftsman style architecture. Located in the district are the separately listed Maxwell Chambers House, McNeely-Strachan House, Archibald Henderson Law Office, and the former Rowan County Courthouse. Other notable buildings include the tower of the former First Presbyterian Church (1891-1893), Rowan County Courthouse (1914), Conrad Brem House, Kluttz's Drug Store, Bell Building, Washington Building, Grubb-Wallace Building, Hedrick Block, Empire Hotel, St. Luke's Episcopal Church (1827-1828), Soldiers Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church (1910-1913), U.S. Post Office and Courthouse (1909), City Hall (1926), Salisbury Fire House and City Building (1897).
East Main Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Brevard, Transylvania County, North Carolina. It encompasses 14 contributing buildings, 1 contributing structure, and 1 contributing site in a predominantly residential section of Brevard. The district developed between about 1900 and 1959 and includes notable examples of Colonial Revival and Bungalow / American Craftsman style architecture. Located in the district are the separately listed St. Philip's Episcopal Church, Silvermont, William Breese, Jr., House, Charles E. Orr House, Royal and Louise Morrow House, and Max and Claire Brombacher House. Other notable buildings include the Lankford-Cleveland House, Brevard-Davidson River Presbyterian Church, White House, Wyke-Barclay House (1905), and Carrier-Plummer House (1914).
Columbia Historic District is a national historic district located at Columbia, Tyrrell County, North Carolina. It encompasses 119 contributing buildings, 1 contributing structure, and 1 contributing object in the central business district and surrounding residential sections of Columbia. The district developed between about 1880 and 1944 and includes examples of a variety of popular architecture styles. Located in the district is the separately listed Tyrrell County Courthouse. Other notable buildings include Snell's Inn, Columbia Garage, Columbia Christian Church, McClees-Coffield House, Combs-Hussey House, Frederick L. W. Cohoon House, Columbia Baptist Church (1905), W. J. White Building (1931-1932), Columbian Theatre, Wesley United Methodist Church (1912), St. Andrews Episcopal Church (1909), Tyrrell County Jail, Merchants and Farmers Bank / East Carolina Bank, Tyrrell County Bank, and Columbia Theatre.
Lucama Municipal Historic District is a national historic district located at Lucama, Wilson County, North Carolina. It encompasses 42 contributing buildings in the railroad town of Lucama. The district developed between about 1890 to 1930 and includes notable examples of Classical Revival, Bungalow / American Craftsman, and Victorian style architecture. Notable buildings include the Will Davis Store, Jesse Lucas Store, Lucama Depot (1905), Kinchen Barnes Store, W. J. Newsome Store, Lousetta Newsome House (1887), Dr. Ben Hackney House, and Lucama Methodist Church (1915).