South Main Street Historic District (Kernersville, North Carolina)

South Main Street Historic District

Kernersville Moravian Church, South Main Street Historic District, Kernersville NC, January 2015
Location 100--600 blks. of S. Main St., Kernersville, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°7′15″N 80°4′27″W / 36.12083°N 80.07417°W / 36.12083; -80.07417Coordinates: 36°7′15″N 80°4′27″W / 36.12083°N 80.07417°W / 36.12083; -80.07417
Area 45 acres (18 ha)
Built 1880 (1880)
Built by Korner, Jules Gilmer
Architectural style Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Mid 19th Century Revival, Late Victorian
MPS Kernersville MPS
NRHP Reference # 88000137[1]
Added to NRHP February 25, 1988

South Main Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Kernersville, Forsyth County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 53 contributing buildings, 2 contributing sites, and 2 contributing objects in Kernersville. They include residential and commercial buildings built between about 1834 and 1930 in a variety of popular architectural styles including Colonial Revival, Queen Anne, and Bungalow / American Craftsman style. Located in the district is the separately listed Korner's Folly. Other notable buildings include Spears House (c. 1834), Dr. Elias Kerner House (1857), Elias Kerner Huff House (1880), Greenfield and Kerner Tobacco Factory (1884), (former) Bank of Kernersville (1903), DeWitt Harmon's Office (c. 1928), Kernersville Moravian Church (1922), and Main Street United Methodist Church (1924/25).[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Virginia Oswald (October 1987). "South Main Street Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.


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