Standard Drug No. 2

Standard Drug No. 2
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Northern side and front
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Location	100 South Queen Street, Kinston, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°15′36″N77°34′52″W / 35.26000°N 77.58111°W / 35.26000; -77.58111
Area	0.06 acres (0.024 ha)
Built	1918 (1918)-1924
Architectural style	Commercial Style, Art Deco
NRHP reference No.	14000987 [1]
Added to NRHP	December 1, 2014

The Standard Drug No. 2 is a historic commercial building located in Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina. It was built between 1918 and 1924, and is a two-story, brick Commercial Style with street level, plate-glass windows. The interior retains an Art Deco-style lunch counter and pressed metal ceiling. Sit-ins were held at the lunch counter in 1960 and 1961, to protest segregation. ^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. ^[1]

References

1. "National Register of Historic Places Listings" (PDF). Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 12/01/14 through 12/05/14. National Park Service. December 12, 2014.
2. Sherry Wyatt and Sarah David (July 2014). "Standard Drug No. 2" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved July 1, 2015.