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The Battle of Kinston was fought on December 14, 1862, in Lenoir County, North Carolina, near the town of Kinston, as part of the Goldsboro Expedition of the American Civil War. A Union expedition led by Brig. Gen. John G. Foster left New Bern in December to disrupt the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad at Goldsborough. The advance was stubbornly contested by Brig. Gen. Nathan Evans's brigade near Kinston Bridge on December 14, but the Confederates were outnumbered and withdrew north of the Neuse River in the direction of Goldsborough. Foster continued his movement the next day, taking the River Road, south of the Neuse River.

Robert L. Blalock House is a historic home located at Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina. It consists of the original two-story, three bay, double-pile, side-hall-plan Greek Revival style main block dated to the 1850s, and a large, two-story rear ell. It has a one-story gable-roofed wing and a small shed-roofed room north of the rear ell and a complex arrangement of one- and two-story additions and enclosed porches to the south. The house was renovated in the 1920s in the Classical Revival style. It features a full-width front porch supported by groups of square-section brick columns with a round corner pavilion and porte-cochère. It has housed a funeral home since 1947.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

Lenoir County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina. It was built in 1939, and is a three-story, "H"-shaped, Moderne style building. It is faced with a limestone veneer and accented by streamlined, stylized ornament. It features a tetrastyle in antis portico of square fluted piers.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

Baptist Parsonage, also known as Archbell House, is a historic Baptist church parsonage located at 211 S. McLewean Street in Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina. It was built about 1858, and is a two-story, double-pile, center-hall-plan Greek Revival style frame dwelling. It is sheathed with weatherboard siding, has a hipped roof, and paired stuccoed interior chimneys.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

Peoples Bank Building is a historic bank building located at Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina. It was built about 1923, and is a modest two-story, cinder block building, sheathed in brick and in the Classical Revival style. It has a flat roof with raised parapet ornamented by brick panels outlined in limestone. The front facade features a large arched opening with a stone surround. The building housed one of only two African-American-owned banks to operate in the city of Kinston. The bank ceased to operate in 1931, and the building has housed a number of commercial enterprises.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

Kinston Fire Station-City Hall is a historic fire station and city hall located at Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina. It was built in 1895, and is a two-story brick structure with a two-story rear wing built in several stages. The main block has a sloping roof with raised parapet. The building was renovated in 1987. It houses the Caswell No. 1 Fire Station Museum. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

Trianon Historic District is a national historic district located at Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina. It encompasses 33 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site in a predominantly residential section of Kinston. The buildings include notable examples of Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, and Bungalow / American Craftsman style architecture and date between 1893 and 1930. Notable buildings include the McDaniel-Sutton House (1904), J. C. Raspberry Rental House (c. 1898), Wooten-Black House (1913-1914), George W. Sumrell House (c. 1899), E. T. Turnley House (c. 1925), J. D. Arnold House (c. 1931), and Lizzie Grady House (c. 1912).It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

Harmony Hall, also known as the Peebles House, is a historic building located at 109 East King Street in Kinston, North Carolina, United States. The 18th-century house, the oldest building in Kinston, was owned by North Carolina's first elected governor. The house briefly served as the de facto state capitol during the Revolutionary War. The building has been expanded and renovated throughout its history, transitioning from the Georgian and Federal styles to Greek Revival. One of the prominent features of the house is the two-story porch on the facade. Harmony Hall was added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1971 and serves as a house museum operated by the Lenoir County Historical Association.

The Standard Drug No. 2 is a historic commercial building located in Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina. It was built between 1918 and 1924, and is a two-story, brick Commercial Style with street level, plate-glass windows. The interior retains an Art Deco-style lunch counter and pressed metal ceiling. Sit-ins were held at the lunch counter in 1960 and 1961, to protest segregation.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.

CSS Neuse was a steam-powered ironclad ram of the Confederate States Navy that served in the latter part the American Civil War and was eventually scuttled to avoid capture by rapidly advancing Union Army forces. In the early 1960s, she produced approximately 15,000 artifacts from her raised lower hull, the largest number ever found on a recovered Confederate vessel. The remains of her lower hull and a selection of her artifacts are on exhibit in Kinston, North Carolina at the CSS Neuse Interpretive Center State Historic Site, which belongs to the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. The ironclad is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Queen–Gordon Streets Historic District is a national historic district located at Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina. It encompasses 20 contributing buildings in a mixed commercial and industrial section of Kinston. The buildings include notable examples of Classical Revival, Beaux-Arts, and Romanesque style architecture and date between 1895 and the mid-1930s. Notable buildings include the Gordon Street Christian Church (1912-1915), (former) U. S. Post Office/Federal Building (1915), Citizens / First National Bank Building (1903), (former) Farmers and Merchants Bank (1924), Canady Building (1899), and the LaRoque and Hewitt Building (c. 1900).It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. The Kinston Commercial Historic District is considered a boundary increase to the Queen–Gordon Streets Historic District.

Kinston Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina. It encompasses 30 contributing buildings in a mixed commercial and industrial section of Kinston. The district is considered a boundary increase to the previously listed Queen-Gordon Streets Historic District. The buildings include notable examples of Art Deco and Romanesque style architecture and date between 1896 and 1941. Notable buildings include the Carolina Theatre (1935), Cash Supply Store Building (c. 1914), Spence Motor Company Building, and Ellis Carriage Factory (1908-1914).It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.