Falls Road Historic District

Falls Road Historic District
Location 500-600 Avent St., 100-200 Braswell St., 100 Earl St., 400-700 Falls Rd., 500 Peachtree St. and 100 Wilkinson St., Rocky Mount, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°57′03″N 77°47′52″W / 35.95083°N 77.79778°W / 35.95083; -77.79778Coordinates: 35°57′03″N 77°47′52″W / 35.95083°N 77.79778°W / 35.95083; -77.79778
Area 24 acres (9.7 ha)
Built 1923 (1923)
Architect Stout, John C.
Architectural style Queen Anne, Classical Revival, Colonial Revival
NRHP Reference # 99001367[1]
Added to NRHP November 12, 1999

Falls Road Historic District is a national historic district located at Rocky Mount, Nash County, North Carolina. It encompasses 75 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure in a residential section of Rocky Mount. The buildings primarily date between about 1900 and 1950, and include notable examples of Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, and Classical Revival style residential architecture. Notable buildings include the Lyon-Looney House (c. 1908), T.B. Bunn House (c. 1905), Thorpe-Gay House (early 1900s), William E. Fenner House (c. 1914), Whitehead House (1923), R. H. Gregory House (1950), and the Wilkinson School (1923).[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Michelle T. Kullen (June 1999). "Falls Road Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.


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