Downtown Smithfield Historic District

Downtown Smithfield Historic District is a national historic district located at Smithfield, Johnston County, North Carolina. It encompasses 24 contributing buildings in the central business district of Smithfield. It includes notable examples of Classical Revival and Art Deco style architecture and buildings dating from about the 1890s through the 1930s. Located in the district is the separately listed Hood Brothers Building. Other notable buildings include the Austin Building (1921), First Citizens Bank (1913), Carolina Telephone Building (1913), Municipal Building (1937), and the Howell Theater (1935).^[2]

Downtown Smithfield Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Downtown Smithfield Historic District
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Location	S. Third and Market Sts., Smithfield, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°30′39″N 78°20′46″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	c. 1896 (1896)
Built by	Rose, D.J.; Hildebrand, Miles
Architectural style	Art Deco, classical revival, 20th-century commercial
NRHP reference No.	93001120[1]
Added to NRHP	October 14, 1993

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Beth P. Thomas (May 1993). "Downtown Smithfield Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved January 1, 2015.