Kinston Apartments
National Register of Historic Places

Kinston Apartments

Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina
Listed
June 21, 2004
Type
Building
Period
Colonial
Ref No.
04000648

About this property

Kinston Apartments is a historic apartment complex located in Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina. It was built about 1940, and is a five building Colonial Revival style brick-faced complex, with the buildings positioned in a "U"-shape. The buildings are two-story, with full basements, and have Moderne style decorative elements. Three of the buildings have four apartment units, with two having two three-bedroom apartments. The buildings were renovated in 2003.

Location

1313 McAdoo St.
Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina
35.27810, -77.57799

Federal Designation

The National Register of Historic Places, administered by the National Park Service, is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical, architectural, archaeological, engineering, or cultural significance. Listing on the National Register recognizes a property's importance to American history but does not place restrictions on private owners; it does, however, make properties eligible for federal historic preservation tax incentives and enables consideration in federal planning decisions. This property is recorded in the National Register under reference number 04000648. It was listed on June 21, 2004.

Categories

ARCHITECTURE
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Sources

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

Description adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Nearby Historic Sites

American Tobacco Company Prizery
Industrial
0.6 mi

Nearby Battles

CSS Neuse — North Carolina River Operations
1865Civil War
1 mi
Foster's Goldsboro Expedition — Kinston (December 14, 1862)
1862Civil War
1 mi
CSS Neuse Launched at Kinston
1864Civil War
1 mi
Battle of Kingston (NC) Naval Expedition
1865Civil War
1 mi
Battle of Kinston North Carolina (First)
1862Civil War
1 mi

Questions about this property

When was Kinston Apartments listed on the National Register?

Kinston Apartments was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 21, 2004.

What type of historic resource is Kinston Apartments?

Kinston Apartments is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Kinston Apartments?

The period of significance for Kinston Apartments is recorded as the colonial era.

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