Rocky Mount Central City Historic District
Rocky Mount Central City Historic District
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File:Rocky Mount Amtrak-ACL Station; Parkland.JPG | |
The Village Green in front of the Rocky Mount Amtrak station, once owned by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
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Location | Roughly bounded by Robinson and Atlantic Aves., Holly and Franklin Sts.; also portions of 26 blocks on Main, Washington, Church, Battle, Hammond, Hill, Howard, Ivy, Gay, Goldleaf, and Thomas Sts., Rocky Mount, North Carolina |
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Area | 108 acres (44 ha) |
Architect | Stout, John Christie; Et al. |
Architectural style | Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Classical Revival, Queen Anne, Modern Movement, Commercial |
NRHP Reference # | 80002826, 09000659 (Boundary Increase and Decrease)[1] |
Added to NRHP | June 19, 1980, August 27, 2009 (Boundary Increase and Decrease) |
Rocky Mount Central City Historic District is a national historic district located at Rocky Mount, Edgecombe County and Nash County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 166 contributing buildings in central Rocky Mount. It includes a variety of industrial, commercial, residential, and institutional buildings dating from the late-19th through mid-20th centuries. Notable buildings include the Firestation No. 2 (1924), Union Bus Station (1951), the Railway Express Agency Building (c. 1930), Memorial Hospital (1937), Church of the Good Shepherd (1877), Atlantic Coastline Railroad Station (1903-1916), Imperial Tobacco Company Processing Plant (1903-1923), S. H. Kress and Company (c. 1913), Belk-Tyler (c. 1905, 1915, 1920, 1945), Grand Theater (c. 1912, 1930s), Manhattan Theater (c. 1935), Holy Hope Episcopal Church (1910s), and Summerlin House (1895).[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, with a boundary increase / decrease in 2009.[1]
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- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
- Neoclassical architecture in North Carolina
- Queen Anne architecture in North Carolina
- Modern Movement architecture in the United States
- Buildings and structures in Edgecombe County, North Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in Edgecombe County, North Carolina
- Buildings and structures in Nash County, North Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in Nash County, North Carolina
- Eastern North Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs
- Research Triangle region, North Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs