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Rocky Mount Central City Historic District

Coordinates: 35°56′50″N 77°47′26″W / 35.94722°N 77.79056°W / 35.94722; -77.79056
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Rocky Mount Central City Historic District
Rocky Mount Amtrak-ACL Station
Rocky Mount Central City Historic District is located in North Carolina
Rocky Mount Central City Historic District
Rocky Mount Central City Historic District is located in the United States
Rocky Mount Central City Historic District
LocationRoughly 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
Coordinates35°56′50″N 77°47′26″W / 35.94722°N 77.79056°W / 35.94722; -77.79056
Area108 acres (44 ha)
ArchitectStout, John Christie; Et al.
Architectural styleLate 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Classical Revival, Queen Anne, Modern Movement, Commercial
NRHP reference No.80002826, 09000659 (Boundary Increase and Decrease)[1]
Added to NRHPJune 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]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Heather Fearnbach (December 2008). "Rocky Mount Central City Historic District: Boundary Increase and Decrease and Additional Documentation" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved November 1, 2014.