Downtown Smithfield Historic District

{{short description|Historic district in North Carolina, United States}}

{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Downtown Smithfield Historic District

| nrhp_type = hd

| nocat = yes

| image = Smithfield NC 3rd x Market SW corner 1.JPG

| caption = Downtown Smithfield Historic District

| location = S. Third and Market Sts., Smithfield, North Carolina

| coordinates = {{coord|35|30|39|N|78|20|46|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = North Carolina#USA

| built = c. {{Start date|1896}}

| builder = Rose, D.J.; Hildebrand, Miles

| architecture = Art Deco, classical revival, 20th-century commercial

| added = October 14, 1993

| area = less than one acre

| refnum = 93001120{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

}}

Downtown Smithfield Historic District is a national historic district located at Smithfield, Johnston County, North Carolina. It encompasses 24 contributing buildings in the central business district of Smithfield. It includes notable examples of Classical Revival and Art Deco style architecture and buildings dating from about the 1890s through the 1930s. Located in the district is the separately listed Hood Brothers Building. Other notable buildings include the Austin Building (1921), First Citizens Bank (1913), Carolina Telephone Building (1913), Municipal Building (1937), and the Howell Theater (1935).{{Cite web | author =Beth P. Thomas | title =Downtown Smithfield Historic District | work = National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory | date =May 1993| url = https://files.nc.gov/ncdcr/nr/JT0624.pdf | format = pdf | publisher = North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office | accessdate = 2015-01-01}}

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.