{"nrhp_refnum":"11001042","name":"Lincoln Park Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"800 blk. Ellison Dr., 800-900 & 1000-1002 Leggett Rd. & 800 Carver Pl.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Rocky Mount","county":"Edgecombe County","state":"NC","lat":35.95569981850005,"lon":-77.78003000041849,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2012-01-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture","Black"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district of single-family Minimal Traditional-style houses, with one motel and restaurant, in the northeast section of Rocky Mount, Edgecombe County, North Carolina. Built beginning in 1948 on land platted by Hunley and Dasher.","why_significant":"The district was developed by Wimberley and Gregory and the Tar River Housing Corporation and marketed exclusively to middle-class African American families, the first modern suburban development of its size in Rocky Mount to do so. The adjoining Lincoln Park Motel and Restaurant, opened in 1953, was one of very few places in the city where African Americans could lodge and dine. The nomination argues the district reflects segregated community development and post-WWII FHA-influenced planning.","narrative":"Lincoln Park is a planned residential district of one-story frame Minimal Traditional houses on about fourteen acres in the northeast of Rocky Mount, bounded by Leggett Road and the Tar River. Wimberley and Gregory began the subdivision in 1948, and the Federal Housing Administration approved its plan in January of that year. Forty-four principal residences contribute to the district, most designed by Wilson architect Thomas B. Herman and built on uniform setbacks along curvilinear Ellison Drive and Carver Place. The district was marketed exclusively to African American buyers, and it was the first modern suburban development of its size in the city for that group. Its motel and restaurant, opened on April 26, 1953, offered four rooms and a pit-cooked barbecue menu. The motel was one of very few lodgings in Rocky Mount open to African American travelers, and it hosted fraternal, civic, and musical events. The district is significant for community planning and for its ties to segregation-era life in Rocky Mount.","period_of_significance":"1948-1953","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Minimal Traditional","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The two razed lots are vacant open space and the motel and restaurant are described as presently vacant, though the buildings remain intact.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:42.687845-05","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":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720140","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Park_Historic_District_(Rocky_Mount,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19986806"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/edgecombe-county/lincoln-park-historic-district-11001042/"}