Rocky Mount Electric Power Plant


Rocky Mount Electric Power Plant
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	217 Andrews St., Rocky Mount, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°56′11″N 77°48′2″W / 35.93639°N 77.80056°W / 35.93639; -77.80056Coordinates: 35°56′11″N 77°48′2″W / 35.93639°N 77.80056°W / 35.93639; -77.80056
Area	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built	1901 (1901), 1920
NRHP Reference #	82003494^[1]
Added to NRHP	July 15, 1982

Rocky Mount Electric Power Plant, also known as Pearsall Machine Works, Inc., is a historic power station located at Rocky Mount, Nash County, North Carolina. It was built in 1901 as a one-story brick facility and raised to its present height of two stories, and a rear addition was made as well, in 1920. It has a corrugated metal gable roof with parapet gable ends. The building housed a power plant until 1910.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Beth Pearsall (April 1981). "Rocky Mount Electric Power Plant" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.

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