L. D. Giddens and Son Jewelry Store

United States historic place
L. D. Giddens and Son Jewelry Store
L. D. Giddens and Son Jewelry Store interior, September 2014
35°22′56.3″N 77°59′51.8″W / 35.382306°N 77.997722°W / 35.382306; -77.997722
Arealess than one acre
Built1839 (1839)-1847, c. 1870, 1926, 1959
Architectural styleEarly Commercial
NRHP reference No.79001763[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 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. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ 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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