Farmville Historic District (Farmville, North Carolina) Explained

Farmville Historic District
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Location:Roughly bounded by Turnage, Pine, Jones, and Waverly Sts., Farmville, North Carolina
Coordinates:35.5989°N -77.5864°W
Architect:Benton & Benton
Architecture:Colonial Revival, Classical Revival, Queen Anne
Added:October 21, 1993
Refnum:93001121

Farmville Historic District is a national historic district located at Farmville, Pitt County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 330 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 2 contributing structures in the central business district and surrounding residential sections of Farmville. It includes buildings dated from about 1860 to 1942 and notable examples of Colonial Revival, Classical Revival, and Queen Anne style architecture. Notable buildings include the James W. May House (c. 1860), Fields-Rasberry House (c. 1900), Dr. David Morrill House (c. 1909), Warren Parker House, Nannie Smith House (c. 1884), First Christian Church (1910), Emmanuel Episcopal Church (1920), St. Elizabeth Catholic Church, Municipal Building (1928) possibly designed by Benton & Benton, Bank of Farmville (1921) designed by Benton & Benton, Pollard Auto Company Building, Paramount Theatre (1930s), J. Y. Monk Tobacco Warehouse, and East Carolina Railway Office and Freight Station.[1]

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Allison H. and David R. Black. Farmville Historic District . National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . May 1993 . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2015-02-01.