Villa Place Historic District
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).
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999, with a boundary increase in 2002.
References
- ^ "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.
