Brooklyn Historic District

Brooklyn Historic District
Location Roughly bounded by Spring Branch Creek, S. Fifth St., S. Third St., and Lee St., Smithfield, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°30′22″N 78°20′52″W / 35.50611°N 78.34778°W / 35.50611; -78.34778Coordinates: 35°30′22″N 78°20′52″W / 35.50611°N 78.34778°W / 35.50611; -78.34778
Area 30 acres (12 ha)
Built 1912 (1912)
Architect Barbour, George; et.al.
Architectural style Early Commercial, Queen Anne, et.al.
NRHP Reference # 00000443[1]
Added to NRHP May 5, 2000

Brooklyn Historic District is a national historic district located at Smithfield, Johnston County, North Carolina. It encompasses 88 contributing buildings in a predominantly residential section of Smithfield. It includes notable examples of Queen Anne style architecture and buildings dating from about the 1870s through the 1940s. Located in the district is the separately listed Hood-Strickland House. Other notable buildings include the Smithfield Elementary School (1912-1913), the Smithfield Steam Laundry (c. 1902), Woodall-Fleming House (c. 1870), Davis-Boyette House (1889), Ellington-Holland House (c. 1900), Willis Henry Austin House (1912), Dr. Thel Hooks House (1916), and Ragsdale-McLemore House (1922).[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. M. Ruth Little, Michelle Kullen and Todd Johnson (December 1999). "Brooklyn Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-01-01.


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