Farmville Historic District is a national

historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...

located at Farmville, Pitt County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 330

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, 1 contributing site, and 2 contributing structures in the

central business district A central business district (CBD) is the commercial and business centre of a city. It contains commercial space and offices, and in larger cities will often be described as a financial district. Geographically, it often coincides with the "city ...

and surrounding residential sections of Farmville. It includes buildings dated from about 1860 to 1942 and notable examples of Colonial Revival, Classical Revival, and Queen Anne style architecture. Notable buildings include the James W. May House (c. 1860), Fields-Rasberry House (c. 1900), Dr. David Morrill House (c. 1909), Warren Parker House, Nannie Smith House (c. 1884), First Christian Church (1910), Emmanuel Episcopal Church (1920), St. Elizabeth Catholic Church, Municipal Building (1928) possibly designed by

Benton & Benton Benton & Benton was an architectural partnership in eastern North Carolina of brothers Charles C. Benton Sr. and Frank W. Benton. Several of its works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Charles C. Benton Jr. and others al ...

, Bank of Farmville (1921) designed by Benton & Benton, Pollard Auto Company Building, Paramount Theatre (1930s), J. Y. Monk Tobacco Warehouse, and East Carolina Railway Office and Freight Station. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.

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Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Colonial Revival architecture in North Carolina Neoclassical architecture in North Carolina Queen Anne architecture in North Carolina Buildings and structures in Pitt County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Pitt County, North Carolina Tobacco buildings in the United States {{PittCountyNC-NRHP-stub