Villa Place Historic District
Villa Place Historic District | |
400 block of Nash Street | |
| Location | 200-300 S. Grace St., 400-600 Hammond St., 200-300 Howell St., 400-600 Nash St, 200-300 Pearl St., 200-300 Villa St.; Roughly along Chester St., Tillery St., NC 64, and Pearl St., Rocky Mount, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°56′28″N 77°48′14″W / 35.94111°N 77.80389°W |
| Area | 66 acres (27 ha) |
| Built | 1908 |
| Architect | John C. Stout, et al. |
| Architectural style | Queen Anne, Classical Revival, Bungalow/craftsman, Colonial Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 99001368, 02000942 (Boundary Increase)[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 12, 1999, September 6, 2002 (Boundary Increase) |
Villa Place Historic District is a national historic district located at Rocky Mount, Nash County, North Carolina. It encompasses 321 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, Classical Revival, and Bungalow / American Craftsman style residential architecture. Located in the district is the separately listed Machaven. Other notable buildings include the W.D. Cochran House (c. 1900), Mills-Watson House (c. 1914), Aladdin Homes Company "kit houses," the James Craig Braswell School (1940), Draine Confectionery (c. 1930), and West End Grocery (c. 1930).[2][3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999, with a boundary increase in 2002.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ M. Ruth Little and Michelle T. Kullen (June 1999). "Villa Place Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved February 1, 2015.
- ^ M. Ruth Little (May 2002). "Villa Place Historic District (Boundary Increase)" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved February 1, 2015.