Edgemont Historic District

Edgemont is a residential neighborhood of about 34 acres on the east side of downtown Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Platted in 1914, it filled with houses from the late 1910s through 1949, plus one church and many garages and sheds. Of 172 resources, 145 contribute to its character. Tarboro Street, the main thoroughfare, has large dwellings built for lawyers, doctors and tobacconists, while smaller but stylish homes were built for merchants, salesmen and Atlantic Coast Line Railroad employees. The houses illustrate popular early twentieth century styles, including Craftsman bungalows, brick Foursquares, Prairie style houses, Tudor Revival and Colonial Revival dwellings, and some eclectic combinations. Trinity Lutheran Church, a brick Gothic Revival building erected in 1937, is the district's one historic church. Streets are lined with mature shade trees and concrete sidewalks, and service alleys run behind the houses. The district was listed for its association with the city's early suburban growth and for its architecture.