Jackson Historic District is a national

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located at

Jackson Jackson may refer to: People and fictional characters * Jackson (name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the surname or given name Places Australia * Jackson, Queensland, a town in the Maranoa Region * Jackson North, Q ...

Northampton County, North Carolina Northampton County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,471. Its county seat is Jackson. Northampton County is part of the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micropolitan Statistical Area, whic ...

. The district encompasses 168 contributing buildings, 2 contributing sites, 1 contributing structure, and 2 contributing objects in the

central business district A central business district (CBD) is the commercial and business centre of a city. It contains commercial space and offices, and in larger cities will often be described as a financial district. Geographically, it often coincides with the "city ...

and surrounding residential sections of Jackson. The district developed between about 1825 and 1953 and includes notable examples of

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and

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style architecture. Located in the district are the separately listed

Amis-Bragg House Amis-Bragg House is a historic home located at Jackson, Northampton County, North Carolina. It was built about 1840, and is a two-story, five bay, single-pile Greek Revival style frame house with a two-story ell and one-story kitchen wing. It ha ...

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, and Northampton County Courthouse Square. Other notable contributing resources include Lewis Drug Store (1930), Kennedy's Five Cents to Five Dollars Store (c. 1930), Bank of Northampton (1928), Bowers Hardware Store (c, 1927), Atlas Oil Company Building (c. 1925), Farmer's Cotton Gin Complex, Faison House (c. 1825), Saint Catherine's Hall (1848), Judge Robert Peebles House (1890s), Selden-Boone House (c. 1900), Jackson Baptist Church (1881), and Jackson United Methodist Church (1937). It was listed on the

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in 2004.

References

External links

Historic Jackson website
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Federal architecture in North Carolina Greek Revival architecture in North Carolina Buildings and structures in Northampton County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Northampton County, North Carolina {{NorthamptonCountyNC-NRHP-stub