 The commercial buildings were built between about 1885 and the 1930s in a variety of popular architectural styles including Italianate and Art Deco.Located in the district is the separately listed Jefferson Standard Building.Other notable buildings include the Vanstory Building (c. 1885), Kress Building (1929), Woolworth's (c. 1929), Efrid's Department Store (c. 1930), Montgomery Ward (1936), the Carolina Theatre (1927), Center Theatre (1948), the former Belk Building (1939), Ellis Stone/Thalhimer's Department (1949-1950), and the former American Exchange National Bank Building (1920).