Jackson Historic District is a national

historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains historic building, older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal p ...

located at

Jackson Jackson may refer to: Places Australia * Jackson, Queensland, a town in the Maranoa Region * Jackson North, Queensland, a locality in the Maranoa Region * Jackson South, Queensland, a locality in the Maranoa Region * Jackson oil field in Durham, ...

Northampton County, North Carolina Northampton County ( ) is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 17,471. Its county seat is Jackson, North Carolina, Jackson. Northampto ...

. 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 Commerce, commercial and business center 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 wit ...

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

Greek Revival Greek Revival architecture is a architectural style, style that began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe, the United States, and Canada, ...

style architecture. Located in the district are the separately listed Amis-Bragg House,

Church of the Saviour and Cemetery Church may refer to: Religion * Church (building), a place/building for Christian religious activities and praying * Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination * Church service, a formalized period of Christian comm ...

, and

Northampton County Courthouse Square Northampton County Courthouse Square is a historic courthouse complex located at Jackson, North Carolina, Jackson, Northampton County, North Carolina. The courthouse was built in 1858, and is a tall one-story, three bay by three bay, Greek Revival ...

. 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