| Rocky Mount Central City Historic District | |
| Nrhp Type: | hd |
| Nocat: | yes |
| 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 |
| Coordinates: | 35.9472°N -77.7906°W |
| Architect: | Stout, John Christie; Et al. |
| Architecture: | Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Classical Revival, Queen Anne, Modern Movement, Commercial |
| Added: | June 19, 1980, August 27, 2009 (Boundary Increase and Decrease) |
| Refnum: | 80002826, 09000659 (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).[1]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, with a boundary increase / decrease in 2009.