Reinhardt Building (1909)
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Across the street from the James W. Warren Citizens Center, at 101 West Court Square, you will see the Reinhardt Building. The Reinhardt Building, built in 1909 by local contractor Henry A. Kistler, is the oldest in the "Reinhardt Block", which has subsequent buildings constructed for R. S. Reinhardt in 1910, 1913 and 1915. Reinhardt's name and building's construction dates are visible at the top of several of the buildings. The block is situated between West Main Street and West Sycamore Street. The Reinhardt Building is one of four, three-story buildings in the Lincolnton Commercial District, a National Register District, listed on December 16, 2015, which is evenly divided between one-story and two-story resources. This Classical Revival building is considered "one of three stylistically pivotal buildings in the district," the other two being the Lincoln County Courthouse and First United Methodist Church.
The Reinhardt Building is a three-story brick building and its rounded corner is one of the building's defining features. The building rests on a finished basement that was originally used as a pool room and lunch room after the building was completed in 1909. The two top floors have always housed offices, but the first floor was once the home of the Lincolnton Post Office.
Reinhardt was the owner of the Elm Grove Cotton Mill, one of the organizers of the Southern Cotton Spinners Association in 1897 and president of the American Cotton Manufacturers Association. He was also involved locally with both real estate and banking, serving as vice-president of the County National Bank and developing the Reinhardt Heights subdivision, both in Lincolnton.
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