Tarboro Historic District

Historic district in North Carolina, United States

United States historic place


Tarboro Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

35°53′44″N 77°32′15″W / 35.89556°N 77.53750°W / 35.89556; -77.53750
Area	330 acres (130 ha)
Architect	Multiple
MPS	Tarboro MRA
NRHP reference No.	80002832^[1]
Added to NRHP	April 2, 1980

Tarboro Historic District is a national historic district located near Tarboro, Edgecombe County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 364 contributing buildings in central Tarboro. It includes a variety of industrial, commercial, residential, and institutional buildings dating from the late-18th through early-20th centuries. Located in the district are the separately listed Tarboro Town Common, The Barracks, Redmond-Shackelford House, Pender Museum, Blount-Bridgers House, Coates-Walston House, Calvary Episcopal Church and Churchyard, and the Cotton Press complex. Other notable buildings include the Morris-Powell House (c. 1890), Porter House (c. 1900), U. S. Post Office (1914), Pippen House (1870s), Dancy-Battle-Bass Clark House (c. 1825), Holderness House (c. 1890-1900), Howard Memorial Presbyterian Church (1908-1909), W. H. MacNair House (1913), Henry Cherry-George White House, Jones House (1870-1875), Tarboro Primitive Baptist Church (c. 1830), St. James Methodist Church (1916), Carolina Telephone & Telegraph (1912), Clark's Warehouse #1 and #2, Battle-Porter-Powell House (c. 1800), Gaskil1-Hussey House (1882), Cheshire-Nash House (c. 1869), and Norfleet Court (1858).^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Catherine Bishir and Joe Mobley (August 1979). "Tarboro Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved November 1, 2014.