Honoring the Past, Building a Future
Benton Moss of Simmons and Harris and Twin County Media This week, Rocky Mount and Tarboro played host to Preservation North Carolina’s 2024 conference, a three-day gathering dedicated to revitalizing our state’s historic spaces. The Booker T. Theater and Rocky Mount Mills were the venues for the conference. On the opening morning, I selected a … Continue reading Rocky Mount Hosts Preservation North Carolina Conference
If you are a garden writer the challenge becomes, how many ways can you describe the color green? If you are writing the blog, Mainstreetrockymount.com, how many ways can I feature Rocky Mount’s Main Street commercial historic facades that will make the reader focus on the powerful connection between the preservation of these buildings and … Continue reading The Role of Main Street Facades in Rocky Mount’s Future
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Once the Bank of Rocky Mount, 142 SW Main, is one of my favorite facades on Main Street. I wish I had experienced this space as a book store that it once was. Addicted to books and reading, I imagine being young enough and with money enough to buy this building and turn it back … Continue reading Transforming Spaces: The Future of Rocky Mount’s Historic Buildings
On my I-phone camera I keep trying to take the perfect photo of this iconic view that I have grown to love. When we first arrived here I found myself thinking, where am I, and what in THE hell am I doing here? Though living in Nashville, Rocky Mount became my north star that I … Continue reading Where History Lingers: Reading and Seeing Rocky Mount Anew
Rocky Mount has long appreciated the work of local photographer Charles Killebrew, who operated a studio on Howard Street and worked for many years with the Rocky Mount Telegram. His extensive collection of photographs, spanning from the 1940s to the 1990s, is now preserved at the Braswell Library. Today, we are fortunate to have Gary … Continue reading Connecting with a Forgotten Past: The Power of Photography and Architecture
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