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The James L. Fleming House, also known as the Fleming-Winstead House, is a historic home located at 302 S. Greene St. in Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina. It was built in 1901–1902, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, frame Queen Anne style dwelling, with design credited to Barber & Klutz who published architectural pattern books. It has a central hall, double pile plan and a one-story rear ell and two-story rear addition. It features a three-stage polygonal tower, slate covered hipped roof, and two-story polygonal bays.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

James Leonidas Fleming (1867-1909), who established East Carolina University in Greenville, built the home for his wife, Lula White, and his family. Fleming was elected to the state senate and began efforts to establish the East Carolina Teacher's Training School, and getting it situated in Greenville. He was later killed in an automobile accident along the Greenville and Raleigh Plank Road in 1909.^[3]

Greenville Tobacco Warehouse Historic District is a national historic district located at Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina. The district encompasses seven contributing buildings and one contributing structures in an industrial section of Greenville. It includes buildings dated from about 1905 to 1947 and notable examples of Art Deco and Italianate style industrial architecture. Contributing resources are the American Tobacco Company Storage Warehouse #2.; the Prichard-Hughes Warehouse; the Dail-Ficklen Warehouse; the Export Leaf Factory; the E. B. Ficklen Factory; the Gorman Warehouse; the Star Warehouse; and the System of CSX Railroad Tracks.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997, with a boundary increase in 1999.^[5]

Post office in Greenville, North Carolina. The United States Post Office, also known as the Federal Building, is a historic post office building located at Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina. It was designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect under the direction of Oscar Wenderoth and built in 1913–1914. It is a two-story, five bay, Florintine Renaissance style stuccoed brick building on a limestone base. It has a low hip roof of terra cotta tile with overhanging eaves. The front facade features a three-bay loggia formed by arches with voluted keystones, springing from Tuscan order columns. This building served as the main post office for Greenville until 1969. It currently serves as a U.S. Courthouse.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. It is located in the Greenville Commercial Historic District.^[7]

Greenville Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 51 contributing buildings in the central business district of Greenville. It includes buildings dated from about 1914 to 1952 and notable examples of Greek Revival and Queen Anne style architecture. Located in the district and listed separately are the Pitt County Courthouse by Milburn, Heister & Company and U.S. Post Office. Other notable buildings include the Proctor Hotel, Montgomery Ward Department Store, Dail-Hodges Building, Blount Building, Greenville Bank and Trust, Smith Electric Building, Greenville Municipal Building designed by Benton & Benton, Blount-Harvey Department Store, White's Theater, Charles Greene House, and the Robert Lee Humber House.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003, with a boundary increase in 2009.^[9]