Honoring the Past, Building a Future
I have been thinking about a photograph I have never seen. It would show South Church Street in Rocky Mount when beautiful Victorian houses stood along what was once one of the city's most desirable residential avenues. Imagine the front porches, decorative woodwork, tall windows, steep gables, and handsome rooflines of houses built by families … Continue reading The Last Victorian House Standing on Church Street
The Last Victorian House Standing on S. Church Street Imagine South Church Street when beautiful Victorian homes lined one of Rocky Mount's most desirable residential avenues. Front porches, decorative woodwork, steep gables, and families who believed in the future of their growing city. One by one, those houses disappeared. But one remains. The Summerlin House … Continue reading NEW BLOG ON Mainstreetrockymount.com TUESDAY-20th
Dressed for Christmas I have a doll house. It sits safely under its roof, its rooms protected from the weather, its walls and floors in no danger from the next rainstorm. I find myself looking at it differently these days. Even my doll house has a roof on it. The Summerlin House at 430 South … Continue reading Even My Dollhouse Has a Roof On It
