{"nrhp_refnum":"100013053","name":"Lincoln Park Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by South Talbert Blvd., Arthur Drive. and Booker","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lexingtion","county":"Davidson County","state":"NC","lat":null,"lon":null,"geom_source":null},"listed_date":"2026-05-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Ethnic Heritage-Black"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district of about fourteen acres in the northeast section of Rocky Mount, Edgecombe County, North Carolina, containing single-family Minimal Traditional-style houses along Ellison Drive, Carver Place and Corbett Drive, plus the Lincoln Park Motel and Restaurant at the east end at Leggett Road. The houses were built beginning in 1948, and the motel and restaurant were completed in 1953.","why_significant":"The neighborhood was platted and marketed exclusively to middle-class African American families in the late 1940s, and the nomination describes it as the first modern suburban development of its size in Rocky Mount to do so. The Lincoln Park Motel and Restaurant provided lodging and dining for African American travelers at a time when no other motels in the city served them. The houses are presented as a cohesive, largely intact group of Minimal Traditional-style designs by architect Thomas B. Herman.","narrative":"Built from 1948 on a tract along Leggett Road beside the Tar River, Lincoln Park is a residential district of about fourteen acres in northeast Rocky Mount, Edgecombe County. Its single-story frame houses follow the Minimal Traditional style, with brick foundations, weatherboard siding, gabled roofs and small entry porches, and were designed by Wilson architect Thomas B. Herman. Wimberley and Gregory, with the Tar River Housing Corporation, marketed the subdivision exclusively to African American buyers, using Federal Housing Administration financing and planning standards. Its curving streets and planned commercial parcel reflected postwar suburban design. The Lincoln Park Motel and Restaurant, completed in 1953 with four rooms, became a rare lodging and dining option for African American travelers in the city and a gathering place for local fraternal and civic groups. The district is significant for community planning, Black ethnic heritage, and architecture.","period_of_significance":"1948-1953","architect_builder":"Herman, Thomas B. (architect); Home Construction Company (builders); Wimberley and Gregory (developers); Tar River Housing Corporation (developers)","architectural_style":"Minimal Traditional","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The two razed house lots are vacant open space and the motel and restaurant buildings are described as presently vacant.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:42.206719-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/40/7201/47720140/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/11001042.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":null,"wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/davidson-county/lincoln-park-historic-district-100013053/"}