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Scotland Neck Historic District

Coordinates: 36°7′59″N 77°25′26″W / 36.13306°N 77.42389°W / 36.13306; -77.42389
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Scotland Neck Historic District
Scotland Neck Bank, a building included in the historic district
Scotland Neck Historic District is located in North Carolina
Scotland Neck Historic District
Scotland Neck Historic District is located in the United States
Scotland Neck Historic District
LocationRoughly bounded by Church, Bryan, Cherry, Roanoke, and Fifth and Eighteenth Sts., Scotland Neck, North Carolina
Coordinates36°7′59″N 77°25′26″W / 36.13306°N 77.42389°W / 36.13306; -77.42389
Area155 acres (63 ha)
Built1827 (1827)
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.02001743[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 31, 2003

Scotland Neck Historic District is a national historic district located at Scotland Neck, Halifax County, North Carolina. It encompasses 249 contributing buildings and 1 contributing object in the central business district and surrounding residential sections of the town of Scotland Neck. The district includes notable examples of Greek Revival and Gothic Revival style architecture. Located in the district is the separately listed Hoffman-Bowers-Josey-Riddick House. Other notable buildings include the Fenner-Shields-Lamb House (1827); D. Edmondson Building (c. 1882), E. T. Whitehead drug store (c. 1901); Scotland Neck Bank (1914); Baptist Church (1917); Trinity Episcopal Church (1924); and town hall and fire station (1939), brick gymnasium and vocational building (1940), and one-story, elongated brick multiple housing unit (1943) built by the Works Progress Administration. The latter building was utilized as a prisoner-of-war camp during World War II.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Beth Keane (August 2002). "Scotland Neck Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved January 1, 2015.