Tarboro Historic District


Tarboro Historic District is a national historic district located near Tarboro, Edgecombe County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 364 contributing buildings in central Tarboro. It includes a variety of industrial, commercial, residential, and institutional buildings dating from the late-18th through early-20th centuries. Located in the district are the separately listed Tarboro Town Common, The Barracks, Redmond-Shackelford House, Pender Museum, Blount-Bridgers House, Coates-Walston House, Calvary Episcopal Church and Churchyard, and the Cotton Press complex. Other notable buildings include the Morris-Powell House, Porter House, U. S. Post Office, Pippen House, Dancy-Battle-Bass Clark House, Holderness House, Howard Memorial Presbyterian Church, W. H. MacNair House, Henry Cherry-George White House, Jones House, Tarboro Primitive Baptist Church, St. James Methodist Church, Carolina Telephone & Telegraph, Clark's Warehouse #1 and #2, Battle-Porter-Powell House, Gaskil1-Hussey House, Cheshire-Nash House, and Norfleet Court.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.