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Rocky Mount Mills Village Historic District

Coordinates: 35°57′26″N 77°48′15″W / 35.95722°N 77.80417°W / 35.95722; -77.80417
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Rocky Mount Mills Village Historic District
Battle House located in the Historic District
Rocky Mount Mills Village Historic District is located in North Carolina
Rocky Mount Mills Village Historic District
Rocky Mount Mills Village Historic District is located in the United States
Rocky Mount Mills Village Historic District
LocationBounded by Tar R., Columbia Ave., Spring St., and Carr St., Rocky Mount, North Carolina
Coordinates35°57′26″N 77°48′15″W / 35.95722°N 77.80417°W / 35.95722; -77.80417
Area48 acres (19 ha)
Built1835 (1835)
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Bungalow/craftsman, et al.
NRHP reference No.99000479[1]
Added to NRHPApril 22, 1999

Rocky Mount Mills Village Historic District is a national historic district located at Rocky Mount, Nash County, North Carolina. It encompasses 101 contributing buildings and 2 contributing structures in a historic mill village located at Rocky Mount. The buildings primarily date between about 1835 and 1948, and include notable examples of Greek Revival and Bungalow / American Craftsman style residential architecture. The district includes the buildings previously listed as Rocky Mount Mills and includes the Colonel Benjamin D. Battle House (1835). Other notable buildings include the mill village community house (1918) and a variety of one- and two-story frame mill worker houses.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[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. ^ Michelle Kullen (December 1998). "Rocky Mount Mills Village Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved February 1, 2015.