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Rockford Historic District

Coordinates: 36°16′09″N 80°39′10″W / 36.26917°N 80.65278°W / 36.26917; -80.65278
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Rockford Historic District
Rockford General Store, May 2010
Rockford Historic District is located in North Carolina
Rockford Historic District
Rockford Historic District is located in the United States
Rockford Historic District
LocationSR 2221, Rockford, North Carolina
Coordinates36°16′09″N 80°39′10″W / 36.26917°N 80.65278°W / 36.26917; -80.65278
Area15 acres (6.1 ha)
Builtc. 1790 (1790)
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Federal
NRHP reference No.76001338[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 27, 1976

Rockford Historic District is a national historic district located at Rockford, Surry County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 12 contributing buildings in the central business district of Rockford. They were primarily built between about 1790 and 1930 and include notable examples of Federal and Greek Revival architecture. Notable buildings include the Methodist Church (1912), former courthouse, York Tavern (c. 1800), Old Post Office, R. H. Clark's Store, the Tobacco Factory, the Grant-Burrus Hotel (c. 1790), and the former Masonic Lodge building.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Charles Greer Suttlemyre, Jr. (April 1976). "Rockford Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved May 1, 2015.