Rocky Mount Electric Power Plant

United States historic place
Rocky Mount Electric Power Plant
Front and eastern side
35°56′11″N 77°48′2″W / 35.93639°N 77.80056°W / 35.93639; -77.80056
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1901 (1901), 1920
NRHP reference No.82003494[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 15, 1982

Rocky Mount Electric Power Plant, also known as Pearsall Machine Works, Inc., is a historic power station located at Rocky Mount, Nash County, North Carolina. It was built in 1901 as a one-story brick facility and raised to its present height of two stories, and a rear addition was made as well, in 1920. It has a corrugated metal gable roof with parapet gable ends. The building housed a power plant until 1910.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Beth Pearsall (April 1981). "Rocky Mount Electric Power Plant" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
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