Edgemont Historic District (Boundary Increase)

This expansion adds roughly 174 resources to the Edgemont neighborhood on the east side of downtown Rocky Mount. It takes in the 500 to 800 blocks of Sycamore Street, Eastern Avenue, Marigold Street and School Street, plus part of Cokey Street. Most of the area was laid out with the original subdivision, with elongated blocks, service alleys and shade trees. The houses were built mainly for merchants, salesmen and railroad employees, and they show Craftsman bungalows, Foursquares, Tudor Revival and Period Cottage designs, and a few Colonial Revival homes. The southern blocks developed earlier and have smaller lots and more bungalows, while the northern blocks have larger lots with Period Cottages. The former Edgemont School, completed by 1914 in an eclectic Collegiate Gothic and Classical Revival style, anchors the southwest entrance and now houses the county judicial center. Of 174 resources, 148 contribute to the district's character, and the area was added for its neighborhood history and architecture.