Williamston Commercial 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 Williamston,

Martin County, North Carolina Martin County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 22,031. Its county seat is Williamston. History The county was formed in 1774 from the southeastern part of Halifax County and t ...

. The district encompasses 31 contributing buildings 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 ...

of Williamston. They include notable examples of Greek Revival, Colonial Revival, and Romanesque architecture in buildings dated from the mid-19th century through the 1920s. Located in the district is the separately listed Martin County Courthouse. Other notable buildings include the Docton W. Bagley Building (c. 1850), (former) People's Bank (1917), Watts Theatre (1929/1940/c. 1968), the Tar Heel Apartments (1921), the Flatiron Building, and the United States Post Office (1938). The post office contains a mural, ''First Flight of the Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk'', by

Philip von Saltza Philip von Saltza (March 3, 1885 – January 21, 1980) was a Swedish-born American artist and muralist. Early life Philip Wenceslaus von Saltza was born in Stockholm, Sweden. He immigrated to the United States with his parents, Carl Frederick ...

, painted in 1940 as part of the Works Project Administration's mural project. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.

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Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Greek Revival architecture in North Carolina Colonial Revival architecture in North Carolina Romanesque Revival architecture in North Carolina Buildings and structures in Martin County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Martin County, North Carolina {{MartinCountyNC-NRHP-stub