The Fulton Heights District in Salisbury is an intact representation of a middle and upper-middle class residential neighborhood that developed in the early twentieth century.  It is among several suburbs of North Carolina towns that emerged as an outgrowth of the City Beautiful Movement.  The neighborhood is laid out in grid-patterned streets along which houses rendered in nationally-popular styles were regularly spaced within well-landscaped yards.  Fulton Height is among several neighborhoods of the period in the state that boasted amenities such as a streetcar system and large park area within its boundaries.  The developers of the neighborhood formed the Southern Development Company and sponsored the extension of the city's existing streetcar tracks to the neighborhood in 1904.  Several streetcar suburbs emerged around the turn of the century in North Carolina's larger cities, but the streetcar line that serviced Fulton Heights was distinguished in that it provided direct transportation for workers commuting to the nearby Southern Railway Spencer Shops.   Though the park and the streetcar tracks have been replaced by a landscaped median, the neighborhood still conveys a strong sense of its origins as an early twentieth century residential suburb, with its varietal collection of well-maintained housing, wide avenues and generous landscaping.

Various architectural styles are represented in the district including Colonial Revival, Craftsman, Tudor Revival and World War II-era Minimal Traditional along with several examples of earlier styles including Queen Anne and late Victorian-era cottages.

The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.

Source:  National Register nomination form, 1998.

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