The
Star Historic District meets National Register criterion A for commerce.
Established along the Aberdeen and West End Railroad, the town of Star served
as a regional commercial center for eastern Montgomery County and western Moore
County in the early twentieth 
century, with the railroad making the mining,
logging, and textile industries possible.
The
Star Historic District also meets National Register Criterion C for
architecture. It includes a range
of architectural styles including ornate turn-of-the-twentieth-century Queen
Anne- and Gothic Revival-style houses, early twentieth century vernacular
houses and streamline commercial buildings, Colonial Revival-style houses and
churches, Craftsman-style houses, Period Cottages, and Ranches.
The
Star Historic District encompasses portions of nineteen city blocks centered on
Main and Railroad streets and includes the majority of the late nineteenth and
early twentieth century town. The
60 primary contributing buildings consist of houses, churches, commercial
buildings, and warehouses all erected during the period of significance from c.
1870 to c. 1957. The earliest
contributing building constructed in the district is the Star Railroad Depot (102
Depot Street), which was erected c. 1870.
While houses continued to be erected on vacant lots and in newly platted
neighborhoods at the outskirts of town, the majority of development within the
district was completed by 1957.
A full architectural survey of the district has been completed and a draft of the nomination has been submitted to the State Historic Preservation Office for review.
