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Rocky Mount is a city in Nash and Edgecombe counties ... (93 km) east of Raleigh, the state capital, 91 miles (146 km ... born in Rocky Mount [100] Phil Ford, ...
In 1918, the 22,000-square foot, five-story headquarters of Rocky Mount National Bank, the historic district's tallest building, was built in Rocky Mount. [1] [2] Frank Pierce Milburn was the architect. [2] In 1934, the bank changed its name to People's Bank and Trust. The People's Building served as the bank's headquarters until the mid-1970s.
Former North Carolina player Billy Cunningham consoles Phil Ford following Ford’s remarks at a memorial service for Dean Smith on Sunday, February, 22, 2015 at the Smith Center in Chapel Hill.
Phil Jackson Ford Jr. (born February 9, 1956) is an American former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He graduated from Rocky Mount Senior High School in 1974, and had an All-American college career with the North Carolina Tar Heels .
Phil Ford (born 1956), retired point guard for Kansas City Kings, New Jersey Nets, Milwaukee Bucks and Houston Rockets, won '78–'79 NBA Rookie of the Year Award; NBA coach (Rocky Mount) David Fox (born 1971), Olympic gold medalist swimmer in the men's 4x100 m freestyle at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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]
The district encompasses 166 contributing buildings in central Rocky Mount. It includes a variety of industrial, commercial, residential, and institutional buildings dating from the late-19th through mid-20th centuries.
Rocky Mount Event Center (RMEC) is a 165,000-square-foot multipurpose facility for entertainment and athletic events in Rocky Mount, North Carolina that opened in 2018. Its athletic space includes eight basketball courts, sixteen volleyball courts, climbing walls, and a ropes course.