List of Art Deco architecture in North Carolina

This is a list of buildings that are examples of the Art Deco architectural style in North Carolina, United States.

Asheboro[edit]

Acme-McCrary Corporation, Asheboro, 1940s
Asheboro Hosiery Mill No, 2, Asheboro, 1945
Randolph Hospital, Asheboro, 1932
Asheboro Municipal Building, 1938

Asheville[edit]

Asheville City Hall, Asheville, 1928
Asheville High School, Asheville, 1927
Asheville Transfer and Storage Company Building, Asheville, 1929
Bon Marche Department Store (now Earth Guild), Downtown Asheville Historic District, Asheville, 1937
Clarence Barker Memorial Hospital, Asheville, 1929
Coxe Building, Asheville, 1930
F. W. Woolworth Building, Downtown Asheville Historic District, Asheville, 1939
Fire Station No. 4, Asheville, 1927
First Baptist Church, Asheville, 1927
Flatiron Building, Downtown Asheville Historic District, Asheville, 1925
Haverty Furniture Building, Asheville, 1928
Isis Music Hall, West Asheville End of Car Line Historic District, Asheville, 1937
Kress Emporium (former S. H. Kress and Co. Building), Asheville, 1927
McGeahy Building, West Asheville–Aycock School Historic District, Asheville, 1934
S&W Cafeteria, Asheville, 1929
Shell Filling Station (now jewelers), Asheville, 1928
The Strand (now Fine Arts Theater), Asheville, 1946
United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, Asheville, 1929

Charlotte[edit]

American Legion Memorial Stadium, Charlotte, 1934
Barringer Hotel, Charlotte, 1940 and 1950
Century Building, Charlotte, 1926
Charlotte Coca-Cola Bottling Company Plant, Charlotte, 1930
Crane Company Building, Charlotte, 1928
Mecklenburg Investment Company Building, Charlotte, 1922

Durham[edit]

333 West Main, Durham
Clark and Sorrell Garage, Durham, 1932 and 1941
Crowe Building, American Tobacco Historic District, Durham, 1953
East Durham Junior High School (now Holton Career & Resource Center), Durham, 1939
Fowler Building, Durham American Tobacco Historic District, Durham, 1939
Herald-Sun Building, Durham, 1930
Hill Building, Durham, 1937
Liggett Office Building, Durham, 1920, 1946
Royal Crown Cola – 7up Bottling Company Building, Durham, 1939
S. H. Kress and Co. Building, Durham, 1933
Scott and Roberts Dry Cleaning Plant, Office, and Store, Durham, 1947
Snow Building, Durham, 1933
Strickland Building, Durham American Tobacco Historic District, Durham, 1946
Weeks Motor Company/Hutchin's Auto Supply, Durham, 1948

Elizabeth City[edit]

Selig Building, Elizabeth City Historic District, Elizabeth City, 1925
Sheep–Harney Auditorium, Northside Historic District, Elizabeth City, 1950s
S. L. Sheep School, Northside Historic District, Elizabeth City, 1940

Gastonia[edit]

S. H. Kress and Co. Building, Downtown Gastonia Historic District, Gastonia, 1930
United States Post Office, Downtown Gastonia Historic District, Gastonia, 1935
Webb Theatre, Gastonia, 1930

Greensboro[edit]

Ellis-Stone Building/Thalimer Department Store, Downtown Greensboro Historic District, Greensboro, 1906 and 1930s
Guilford County Office and Court Building, Greensboro, 1937
International Civil Rights Center and Museum (former F. W. Woolworth Building), Greensboro, 1939
Isaacson Building, Downtown Greensboro Historic District, Greensboro, 1900 and 1930s
L. Richardson Preyer Federal Building, Greensboro, 1933
Mock, Judson, Voehringer Company Hosiery Mill, Greensboro, 1926
S. H. Kress and Co. Building, Greensboro, 1929

Greenville[edit]

Bissette's Drug Store, Greenville Commercial Historic District, Greenville, 195
Greenville Municipal Building, Greenville Commercial Historic District, Greenville, 1939
L. M. Ernst Son & Company Building, Dickinson Avenue Historic District, Greenville, 1946
Lautares Brothers Building, Greenville Commercial Historic District, Greenville, 1940
Montgomery Ward Department Store, Greenville Commercial Historic District, Greenville, 1929
Roxy Theatre, Greenville, 1948
Smith Electric Building, Greenville Commercial Historic District, Greenville, 1920 and 1933
Star Warehouse, Greenville Tobacco Warehouse Historic District, Greenville, 1930

Hamlet[edit]

Old Hamlet Opera House, Main Street Commercial Historic District, Hamlet, 1912 and 1927
Subway Stations, Main Street Commercial Historic District, Hamlet, 1940
Union Building, Main Street Commercial Historic District, Hamlet, 1920

Kinston[edit]

Carolina Theatre, Kinston Commercial Historic District, Kinston, 1935
Community Council for the Arts (former Kinston Garage), Kinston Commercial Historic District, Kinston, 1936
Hotel Kinston, Kinston, 1928
Lenoir County Courthouse, Kinston, 1939
Standard Drug No. 2, Kinston, 1924

Lenoir[edit]

Caldwell County Courthouse, Lenoir, 1929
Center Theatre, Lenoir Downtown Historic District, Lenoir, 1941
O. P. Lutz Furniture Company and Lutz Hosiery Mill, Lenoir Downtown Historic District, Lenoir, 1939

Mount Airy[edit]

Earle Theatre, Mount Airy Historic District, Mount Airy, 1938
Masonic Temple, Mount Airy Historic District, Mount Airy, 1931
United States Post Office, Mount Airy Historic District, Mount Airy, 1932
Workman's Federal Savings and Loan, Mount Airy Historic District, Mount Airy, 1891 and 1930s

Raleigh[edit]

Capital Club Building, Raleigh, 1929
Carolina Power and Light Company Car Barn and Automobile Garage, Raleigh, 1925
CP & L Garage (now a tire shop), Raleigh, 1925
Pine State Creamery, Raleigh, 1928
Raleigh Water Works and E.B. Bain Water Treatment Plant, Raleigh, 1939
Royal Baking Company, Raleigh, 1941

Rocky Mount[edit]

122 Howard Street commercial building, Rocky Mount, 1930s
625 Sunset Apartments, Rocky Mount, 1945
Baldwin Department Store, 100 NW Main, Rocky Mount
CenturyLink Building (former Carolina Telephone & Telegraph Building), Rocky Mount Central City Historic District, Rocky Mount, 1948
former Downtown Wig Market, 100 NW Main, Rocky Mount, 1910, 1940
Firestone Stores Building, Rocky Mount Central City Historic District, Rocky Mount, 1930
former Grand Theatre, Rocky Mount, 1912, 1930s
James Craig Braswell School, Rocky Mount, 1940
Manhattan Theatre, Rocky Mount Central City Historic District, Rocky Mount, 1935
Memorial Hospital, Rocky Mount, 1937
Ritz Theatre, 150 E. Thomas, Rocky Mount, 1950
former Rosenbloom-Levy store, 146 Southwest Main, Rocky Mount, 1905, 1930s

Winston-Salem[edit]

Pepper Building, Winston-Salem, 1928
Reynolds Building, Winston-Salem, 1929
Sosnik-Morris-Early Commercial Block, Winston-Salem, 1929

Other cities[edit]

Atlantic Bank and Trust Company Building, Burlington, 1928
B&S Department Store, Downtown Wake Forest Historic District, Wake Forest, 1894 and 1949
Belmont Junior High (former Belmont High School), Belmont Historic District, Belmont, 1939
Ben's of Wake Forest Building, Downtown Wake Forest Historic District, Wake Forest, 1940
Bladen County Recreation Center (former Gymnasium), Elizabethtown, 1940
City Hall (former United States Post Office and Federal Building), Reidsville Historic District, Reidsville, 1926
City Hall, Marion, 1937
City Hall, Williamston Commercial Historic District, Williamston, 1960
Co-Ed Cinema, Brevard, 1939
County Armory, Eden, 1939
Davis Sisters Building, Main Street Historic District, Forest City, 1932
DeHart Building, Leaksville Commercial Historic District. Eden, 1930
Don Gibson Theater, Shelby, 1939
Enterprise Building, High Point, 1935
Esso Gas Station, Four Oaks Commercial Historic District, Four Oaks, 1957
Fire Department Headquarters, Goldsboro, 1939
Garrou-Morganton Full-Fashioned Hosiery Mills, Morganton, 1927–1928
Gem Theater, Kannapolis, 1936
Gibson Theatre, Laurinburg Commercial Historic District, Laurinburg, 1940
Graham Cinema, Graham, 1933
Griffin Theatre, West Main Street Historic District, Forest City, 1948
Hosiery Mill (former Dexdale Hosiery Company), Penderlea Homesteads Historic District, Willard, 1938
Howell Theatre, Downtown Smithfield Historic District, Smithfield, 1935
Joy Lee Apartment Building and Annex, Carolina Beach, 1945
Kirby Cultural Arts Complex (former Kirby Theatre), Roxboro Commercial Historic District, Roxboro, 1949
Lawsonville Avenue Elementary School, Reidsville, 1935
Lexington Memorial Hospital, Lexington, 1946
Liberty Theatre, Downtown Main Street Historic District, North Wilkesboro, 1946
M & O Chevrolet Company, Fayetteville, 1937
Masonic Temple Building, Shelby, 1924
Mimosa Theatre, Morganton Downtown Historic District, Morganton, 1939
Municipal Building (former Gabriel Johnston Hotel), Downtown Smithfield Historic District, Smithfield, 1937
North Wilkesboro Police Department (former Town Hall), Downtown Main Street Historic District, North Wilkesboro, 1939
Old Wilkesboro Municipal Building, Downtown Wilkesboro Historic District, Wilkesboro, 1930s
O'Neil Building, Henderson Central Business Historic District, Henderson, 1885 and 1929
Orpheum Theatre, Oxford, 1942
Paramount Theatre, Farmville Historic District, Farmville, 1919 and 1933
Parkway Theater, West Jefferson Historic District, West Jefferson, 1939
Pepsi Bottling Company, West Selma Historic District, Selma, 1935
Plymouth Theatre, Plymouth Historic District, Plymouth, 1937
Police Department Building (former City Hall), Thomasville, 1938
Rose's Dime Store Building, Canton Main Street Historic District, Canton, 1930
Roxy Theatre (now a hardware store), Old Fort Commercial Historic District, Old Fort, 1946
Salisbury Building, Salisbury, 1928
Sampson Community Theatre (former Clinton Theatre), Clinton Commercial Historic District, Clinton, 1950
Siler City High School, Siler City, 1922
Smith Clinic, Thomasville, 1939
Starnes Jewelers, Albemarle, 1920s
Temple Theatre, Sanford, 1925
Turnage Building, Ayden Historic District, Ayden, 1947
United States Post Office, Burlington, 1936
United States Post Office and Federal Building, Rockingham, 1936
Watkins Building/Parker Drugstore, Henderson Central Business Historic District, Henderson, 1885 and 1930s
Wilson Habitat Store (former Lovelace Motor Company), Wilson Central Business–Tobacco Warehouse Historic District, Wilson, 1937
Wilson Municipal Building, Wilson, 1935
WPTF Radio Transmitter, Cary, 1934
Yancey Country Schools District Office (former Gymnasium), Burnsville, 1930s

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External links[edit]

Media related to Art Deco architecture in North Carolina at Wikimedia Commons

Asheboro[edit]

Asheville[edit]

Charlotte[edit]

Durham[edit]

Elizabeth City[edit]

Gastonia[edit]

Greensboro[edit]

Greenville[edit]

Hamlet[edit]

Kinston[edit]

Lenoir[edit]

Mount Airy[edit]

Raleigh[edit]

Rocky Mount[edit]

Winston-Salem[edit]

Other cities[edit]

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References[edit]

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