Elm City Municipal Historic District is a national
historic district
A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...
located at
Elm City,
Wilson County, North Carolina. It encompasses 85
contributing buildings
In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic distric ...
in the railroad town of Lucama. The district developed between about 1873 to 1930 and includes notable examples of
Classical Revival, Early Commercial, and
Victorian
Victorian or Victorians may refer to:
19th century
* Victorian era, British history during Queen Victoria's 19th-century reign
** Victorian architecture
** Victorian house
** Victorian decorative arts
** Victorian fashion
** Victorian literature ...
style architecture. Notable buildings include the Batts & Williams Store (1884), G. A. Barnes Store (1912), Dawes Building (1914), Elm City Bank (1920s), Holden House (c. 1875), A. C. Dixon House, G. A. Barnes House (c. 1895-1905), W. G. Sharpe House (c. 1911), Dr. Robert Putney, Sr., House (c. 1919-1920), and L. C. Cobb House (1927).
It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
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References
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
Neoclassical architecture in North Carolina
Victorian architecture in North Carolina
Geography of Wilson County, North Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Wilson County, North Carolina
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