Rocky Mount Electric Power Plant

217 Andrews St., Rocky Mount, North Carolina. County/parish: Nash.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places July 15, 1982. NRIS 82003494.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • Pearsall Machine Works,Inc.

From Wikipedia:

Rocky Mount Electric Power Plant

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.

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

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721520