Rockford 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 Rockford,

Surry County, North Carolina Surry County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 71,359. Its county seat is Dobson, and its largest city is Mount Airy. Surry county comprises the Mount Airy, NC Micropolitan St ...

. The district encompasses 12 contributing buildings in the

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of Rockford. They were primarily built between about 1790 and 1930 and include notable examples of

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and

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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. It was added to the

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in 1976.

Gallery

File:York Tavern - Ca. 1830.jpg, York Tavern, 2020 File:WP Dobson Store and Rockford Masonic Lodge - Ca. 1810.jpg, WP Dobson Store and Rockford Masonic Lodge, 2020 File:Rockford Post Office - Ca. 1900.jpg, Rockford Post Office, 2020 File:Reece House.jpg, Reece House, 2020 File:Old Surry County Courthouse - Rockford.jpg, Old Surry County Courthouse, 2020 File:Dudley Glass Store - Ca. 1850.jpg, Dudley Glass Store, 2020

References

Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Federal architecture in North Carolina Greek Revival architecture in North Carolina Buildings and structures in Surry County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Surry County, North Carolina {{SurryCountyNC-NRHP-stub