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Roanoke Rapids Historic District

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73: 276:(1917), (former) First Baptist Church (1928-1929), (former) Nurses Home and School (1930-1931), Clara Hearne Elementary School (1933-1935), (former) North Carolina National Guard Armory (1940-1941), (former) United States Post Office (1937-1938), Rosemary Drug Co. Building (1915-1916), Shelton Hotel (c. 1915), First National Bank Building (1914-1915), J. C. Penney and Co. Building (1938-1942), McCrory Co. Building (1940), Imperial Theatre Building (1919, 1931), (former) Seaboard Air Line Passenger Station (1917), Rosemary Manufacturing Company complex, Patterson Mills Co. (1910), and Roanoke Mills Co. Plant No. 2. (1916-1917). 599: 292: 90: 115: 606: 122: 97: 483:
One-story concrete-block building with streamlined Art Moderne character, chief among which is channelled cornice as it curves around corners and on metal awning on facade, and sophisticated spacing of brick courses on facade to effect a denser lower wall; bus terminal had angled parking areas for
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woman, Sarah Keys, was forced to give up her seat and move to the so-called "colored section" in the back of the bus. Keys refused and was arrested, charged, jailed overnight in Roanoke Rapids, and fined $ 25 for disorderly conduct.
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Roughly bounded by Roanoke R.; Charlotte, Marshall, and Jefferson Sts.; CSX RR; and W. Thirteenth, Rapids, and Henry Sts,
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and surrounding residential sections of the town of Roanoke Rapids. The district includes notable examples of
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buses on north (left) with large paved area; operated until 1970s; now used for storage.
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National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Roanoke Rapids Historic District
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made legal history both at the time of its issuance in 1955, and again in 1961, when
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Roanoke Rapids bus terminal, erected in 1941 at 1114 Roanoke Ave, is shown with a
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Petition for Rule Making to the ICC, Attorney General of the US, May 29, 1961
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National Register of Historic Places in Halifax County, North Carolina
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invoked it in his successful battle to end Jim Crow travel during the
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Thomas R Butchko, Consulting Architectural Historian (May 22, 1998).
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style architecture. Located in the district is the separately listed
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National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory
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Shortly after midnight on August 1, 1952, when the Carolina
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bus, in a postcard from the North Carolina State Archives.
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Buildings and structures in Halifax County, North Carolina
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in the creation of the surrounding historic district.
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History of the National Register of Historic Places
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Carolina Trailways Bus Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Roanoke Rapids Historic District is located in North Carolina
Roanoke Rapids Historic District is located in the United States
Roanoke, North Carolina
36°27′38″N 77°39′23″W / 36.46056°N 77.65639°W / 36.46056; -77.65639
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historic district
Roanoke Rapids
Halifax County, North Carolina
central business district
Queen Anne
Colonial Revival
Bungalow
American Craftsman
Roanoke Rapids High School
Hobart Upjohn
National Register of Historic Places

36°27′14″N 77°39′29″W / 36.453904°N 77.658158°W / 36.453904; -77.658158
United States Supreme Court
Keys v. Carolina Coach Co.
Trailways
African American
Attorney General
Robert F. Kennedy
Freedom Riders
Streamline Moderne

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