Main Street Commercial Historic District (Hamlet, North Carolina)

Main Street Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Hamlet, Richmond County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 23 contributing buildings, 3 contributing structures, and 1 contributing object in the central business district of Hamlet. It includes buildings built between about 1900 to about 1940 and notable examples of Queen Anne, Art Deco, and Classical Revival architecture. Located in the district is the separately listed Seaboard Air Line Passenger Depot. Other notable buildings include the Terminal Hotel (c. 1912), Union Building (c. 1920), the Bank of Hamlet (1912), the Old Hamlet Opera House (1912, 1927), and the U.S. Post Office (1940), a Works Progress Administration project.[2]

Main Street Commercial Historic District
Bank of Hamlet, Main Street Commercial Historic District, March 2007
Main Street Commercial Historic District (Hamlet, North Carolina) is located in North Carolina
Main Street Commercial Historic District (Hamlet, North Carolina)
Main Street Commercial Historic District (Hamlet, North Carolina) is located in the United States
Main Street Commercial Historic District (Hamlet, North Carolina)
Location2-105 Main St., Hamlet, North Carolina
Coordinates34°53′03″N 79°41′59″W / 34.88417°N 79.69972°W / 34.88417; -79.69972
Area12 acres (4.9 ha)
Builtc. 1900 (1900)
Architectural styleClassical Revival, Art Deco, Queen Anne
NRHP reference No.92000169[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 19, 1992

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Linda Harris Edmisten (December 1991). "Main Street Commercial Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved February 1, 2015.