Central Leaksville Historic District

Central Leaksville is a compact residential neighborhood of about sixteen blocks in western Eden, North Carolina, and contains the oldest residential area of the former town of Leaksville, established in 1795. Hilly, tree-shaded streets hold one-, one-and-a-half- and two-story houses, mostly of frame construction. The earliest is the c. 1815 Rogers-Martin-Taylor House, and a c. 1820 brick detached kitchen is thought to be a rare survivor. Later buildings show a broad run of styles: Greek Revival houses of the 1840s and 1860s, Italianate and Queen Anne houses, Foursquares, bungalows, and 1920s period revival homes. Several were designed by local architect J. W. Hopper, including his own Tudor Revival house and the Colonial Revival Millner-Barker House of 1928. The Episcopal Church of the Epiphany, built in 1844, is the oldest church building in continuous use in Eden. The boundaries enclose the largest cluster of Leaksville's oldest surviving homes, and most later intrusions are modest in effect.