L. D. Giddens and Son Jewelry Store


L. D. Giddens and Son Jewelry Store
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
L. D. Giddens and Son Jewelry Store interior, September 2014
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Location	135 S. Center St., Goldsboro, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°22′56″N 83°59′54″W / 35.38222°N 83.99833°W / 35.38222; -83.99833Coordinates: 35°22′56″N 83°59′54″W / 35.38222°N 83.99833°W / 35.38222; -83.99833
Area	less than one acre
Built	1839 (1839)-1847, c. 1870, 1926, 1959
Architectural style	Early Commercial
NRHP Reference #	79001763^[1]
Added to NRHP	March 19, 1979

L. D. Giddens and Son Jewelry Store is a historic commercial building located at Goldsboro, Wayne County, North Carolina. It was built between 1839 and 1847, and is a two-story, three bay, brick building. It measures 104 feet long and 23 feet, 6 inches wide. It features cast iron ornamentation and a freestanding clock (1877) at the street measuring 14 feet high. L. D. Giddens and Son was founded in 1859 and may be the oldest jewelry store in North Carolina.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Sarah Woodard (September 2004). "L. D. Giddens and Son Jewelry Store" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-07-01.

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