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Rocky Mount Historic District is a national historic district located at Rocky Mount, Franklin County, Virginia.It encompasses 211 contributing buildings, 2 contributing sites (Mary Elizabeth Park and High Street Cemetery), 1 contributing site, and 2 contributing objects in the central business district and surround residential areas of Rocky Mount, county seat of Franklin County.
Rocky Mount is located at the center of Franklin County at (36.999855, −79.889673). [12] U.S. Route 220 passes through the east side of town as a limited-access bypass, leading north 23 miles (37 km) to Roanoke and south 26 miles (42 km) to Martinsville.
Franklin County is a county located in the Blue Ridge foothills of the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 54,477. [1] Its county seat is Rocky Mount. [2] Franklin County is part of the Roanoke metropolitan area and is located in the Roanoke Region of Virginia. [3]
Washington Iron Furnace is an historic iron furnace, located in Rocky Mount, Franklin County, Virginia. The granite furnace was built around 1770, and measures 30 feet high on its south face. It helped establish industry in the county, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. [3]
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Franklin County, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map.
Bald Knob is a summit located in Franklin County, Virginia. [1] The summit has an elevation of 1400 feet and is a familiar landmark overlooking the county seat, Rocky Mount . References
Franklin High School is home to the 2004 and 2008 VHSL Division 1A State Football Champions. Franklin City Schools is home to FIRST Robotics Competition Team 1610 who were winners of the FIRST Robotics NASA/VCU regional robotics competition in 2006 and the FIRST Robotics Virginia regional competition in 2013, 2014, and 2015.
The district encompasses 47 contributing buildings in a middle-class African-American section of Rocky Mount. They were built between 1948 and 1953, and include an intact collection of single-family Minimal Traditional-style houses and the Lincoln Park Motel and Restaurant. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012. [1]