Reidsville Historic District is a national historic district located at Reidsville,

Rockingham County, North Carolina Rockingham County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 91,096. Its county seat is Wentworth. The county is known as "North Carolina's North Star." Rockingham County is included in ...

. 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 The Italianate style was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture. Like Palladianism and Neoclassicism, the Italianate style drew its inspiration from the models and architectural vocabulary of 16th-century Italian ...

, Queen Anne, American Craftsman, and

Classical Revival Neoclassical architecture is an architectural style produced by the Neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century in Italy and France. It became one of the most prominent architectural styles in the Western world. The prevailing style ...

style architecture. Located in the district are the separately listed

Penn House Penn House is a historic home located at Reidsville, Rockingham County, North Carolina. The main house was built in 1932, and is a -story, Colonial Revival style blond brick dwelling. The house consists of the main block; a one-story, L-shaped ...

and Gov. David S. Reid House. Other notable buildings include the Oaks-Motley House (c. 1865), 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). It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...

in 1987.

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Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Neoclassical architecture in North Carolina Italianate architecture in North Carolina Queen Anne architecture in North Carolina Buildings and structures in Rockingham County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Rockingham County, North Carolina {{RockinghamCountyNC-NRHP-stub