Dickinson Avenue Historic District
National Register of Historic Places

Dickinson Avenue Historic District

Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina
Listed
March 1, 2007
Type
District
Period
Civil War
Ref No.
07000092

About this property

Dickinson Avenue Historic District is a national historic district located at Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 35 contributing buildings and 3 contributing structures in a mixed commercial and industrial section of Greenville. It includes buildings dated from about 1902 to 1956 and notable examples of Classical Revival and Commercial architecture. Notable buildings include the Brown Building (c. 1916), Hines Building (c. 1916), First Christian Church (1916), Roxy Theater (1948), and the Imperial Tobacco Company factory (1902-1964). It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

Location

600-900 Blks Dickinson Ave., one blk of side Sts, inc.W. Eighth, Flicklien, S. Pitt, Clark Sts., Atlantic, Albermarle
Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina
35.61126, -77.37820

Categories

ARCHITECTURECOMMERCEINDUSTRY
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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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Nearby Historic Sites

Moye, Jesse R., House
Industrial
0.1 mi
Ficklen, E. B., House
Industrial
0.1 mi
Fleming, James L., House
Industrial
0.2 mi
Skinnerville-Greenville Heights Historic District
Listed
0.3 mi
Greenville Tobacco Warehouse Historic District
Listed
0.3 mi

Nearby Battles

Battle of Tranter's Creek
1862Civil War
10.4 mi

Questions about this property

When was Dickinson Avenue Historic District listed on the National Register?

Dickinson Avenue Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 1, 2007.

What type of historic resource is Dickinson Avenue Historic District?

Dickinson Avenue Historic District is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Dickinson Avenue Historic District?

The period of significance for Dickinson Avenue Historic District is recorded as the civil_war era.

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