{"nrhp_refnum":"02000931","name":"West Haven Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Lafayetter and Pinecrest Aves., and the Tar River","address_restricted":false,"city":"Rocky Mount","county":"Nash County","state":"NC","lat":35.941687760000036,"lon":-77.82296446666172,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-09-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district of about 211 acres in Rocky Mount, Nash County, North Carolina, roughly one mile west of downtown. It is a triangular early suburb bounded by the railroad tracks, the Tar River and Pinecrest Avenue, with houses built mainly from the 1920s to 1952.","why_significant":"The form describes West Haven as one of Rocky Mount's first suburbs to depart from the grid plan, with curvilinear streets and 22 acres of parks. It was home to the city's leading professionals, executives and industrialists, who hired architects such as Thomas Herman of Wilson. It holds a well-preserved collection of early to mid-twentieth-century house styles.","narrative":"West Haven is a triangular residential neighborhood of roughly 211 acres about a mile west of downtown Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Laid out as one of the city's first suburbs to move away from a strict grid, it has broad, partly curving streets lined with pines, live oaks and magnolias, and 22 acres set aside for parks. Its houses, mostly one and two stories in brick or frame, include Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Renaissance Revival and Spanish Colonial Revival designs, along with Cape Cods, minimal traditional houses and ranches. Local professionals, executives and merchants built here, and many homes were designed by Thomas Herman of Wilson, including the Gorham house overlooking Wildwood Park. The district counts 181 contributing buildings, along with garages, sheds and two parks. Buildings dating after 1952 or heavily altered are considered noncontributing. The neighborhood is significant as a well-preserved example of suburban growth in Rocky Mount through the mid-twentieth century.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1920s-1952","architect_builder":"Thomas Herman of Wilson (principal architect); Harry J. Harles; C. W. Huff, Jr. (Richmond, Va.); builder Sam Toler","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival, Spanish Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Modern Movement, Classical Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still largely in residential use as single dwellings, with two parks; 181 contributing buildings and 69 noncontributing resources.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:53.642932-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/94/7214/47721494/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/02000931.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000931/d7d9ca08e1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000931/d7d9ca08e1-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1512_West_Haven,_Rocky_Mount.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1512_West_Haven,_Rocky_Mount.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721494","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Haven_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22061128"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/nash-county/west-haven-historic-district-02000931/"}