National Register of Historic Places - North Carolina (NC), Rockingham County

Rockingham County North Carolina (Historic Districts) has 8 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 4 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Boone Road Historic District, Chinqua--Penn Plantation, Richardson Houses Historic District and Spray Industrial Historic District and Boone Road Historic District.

Several famous people are associated with these Rockingham County historic places including James Turner Morehead, Robert Payne Richardson and David Settle Reid.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Rockingham County places including R.C. Biberstein, Harry C. Ingalls, George E. Barber, J.W. Hopper, Richard Gambier, Louis A. Simon and Fogle Brothers. Prominent architectural styles found in Rockingham Country are Italianate, Queen Anne and Classical Revival.

Boone Road Historic District (added 1987 - - #87001455)

Roughly 400 and 500 blks.of Boone Rd., 400 blk. of Chestnut and 500 blk. Glovenia Sts., and 200 blk. of Highland Dr. , Eden

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Et al., Hopper,J.W.

Architectural Style:

Other, Queen Anne, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Industry

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Central Leaksville Historic District (added 1986 - - #86003376)

Also known as See Also:Dempsey-Reynolds-Taylor House

Roughly bounded by Lindsay, Monroe, Jay, Washington, & Kemp Sts. , Eden

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other, Queen Anne, Italianate

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Industry

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Chinqua--Penn Plantation (added 1993 - - #93000235)

NC 1998 N side, 0.2 mi. W of jct. with NC 1987 , Reidsville

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Et al., Ingalls,Harry C.

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Social History, Landscape Architecture, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Domestic, Domestic, Landscape

Historic Sub-function:

Garden, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Garden, Museum

Leaksville Commercial Historic District (added 1987 - - #87001422)

Also known as See Also:Bullard--Ray House

622--656 Washington & 634 Monroe Sts. , Eden

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Et al., Simon,Louis A.

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival, Classical Revival, Greek Revival

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Federal, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Multiple Dwelling, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Business, Multiple Dwelling, Specialty Store

Reidsville Historic District (added 1987 - - #86003391)

Also known as See Also:Reid, Governor David S., House;Penn House

Roughly bounded by W. Morehead, Southern Railway tracks, Lawson Ave., Main, Piedmontg, Vance and Lindsey Sts. , Reidsville

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Historic Significance:

Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Et al., Gambier,Richard

Architectural Style:

Other, Queen Anne, Italianate

Historic Person:

Reid,David Settle,et al.

Significant Year:

1941, 1865

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Exploration/Settlement, Architecture, Commerce, Transportation, Industry

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Mixed

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Manufacturing Facility, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Business, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Richardson Houses Historic District (added 1986 - - #86003390)

NW side of Richardson Dr. between Coach Rd. and Woodland Dr. , Reidsville

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Historic Significance:

Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Et al., Barber,George E.

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival, Greek Revival, Italianate

Historic Person:

Richardson,Robert Payne,et al.

Significant Year:

1930, 1840

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Architecture, Agriculture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Spray Industrial Historic District (added 1986 - - #86003371)

Roughly bounded by Warehouse, Rhode Island, River Dr., Washburn Rd., the Smith River, E. Early Ave., and Church , Eden

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Historic Significance:

Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Et al., Biberstein,R.C.

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Historic Person:

Morehead,James Turner,et al.

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Architecture, Commerce, Industry, Invention

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility, Single Dwelling, Water Works

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Current Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility, Single Dwelling

Washington Mills--Mayodan Plant (added 2005 - - #05000319)

Also known as Tultex Corp.-Mayodan Plant, Mayo Mills; Washington Group-Mayodan Plant

7801 NC 35 , Mayodan

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Industry

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Business