Tarboro is a town located in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, United States. It is part of the Rocky Mount Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, the town had a population of 10,721. It is the county seat of Edgecombe County. The town is on the opposite bank of the Tar River from Princeville. It is also part of the Rocky Mount-Wilson-Roanoke Rapids CSA. Tarboro is located near the western edge of North Carolina's coastal plain. It has many historical churches, some dating from as early as 1742.
Coolmore Plantation, also known as Coolmore and the Powell House, is a historic plantation house located near Tarboro, Edgecombe County, North Carolina. Built in 1858–61, the main house is one of the finest Italianate style plantation houses in the state. The house and its similarly styled outbuildings were designed by Baltimore architect E. G. Lind for Dr. Joseph J.W. and Martha Powell. Coolmore was designated a National Historic Landmark for its architecture in 1978, and is a Save America's Treasures projects.
The State Bank of North Carolina is the oldest surviving commercial building in Raleigh, North Carolina and was the first state-sponsored banking institution constructed in North Carolina. The bank was incorporated in 1810, but during the War of 1812 cash was moved inland to banks in Raleigh and Tarboro for fears that the British Army would attack the coast. The increase in money deposits resulted in the State Bank's construction in 1813. Jacob Johnson, the father of future President Andrew Johnson, was once employed at the bank. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970 and is a Raleigh Historic Landmark. It is located in the Capitol Area Historic District.
The Tarboro Cotton Press, which is also called the Norfleet Cotton Press or the Edgecombe County Cotton Press, is a wooden cotton press built in the mid-18th century in Edgecombe County, North Carolina. It was moved to the Tarboro Town Common of Tarboro, North Carolina. It was named to the National Register of Historic Places on February 18, 1971. It is located in the Tarboro Historic District.
Calvary Episcopal Church and Churchyard is a historic Episcopal church located at 411 E. Church Street in Tarboro, Edgecombe County, North Carolina. The church was built between 1860 and 1867, and is a one-story, rectangular Gothic Revival style building. Attached to the church is a Parish House built in 1922, and designed by architect Hobart Upjohn. Located adjacent to the church is an arboretum dating to 1842, that includes number of gravestones. Notable burials include Gen. William Dorsey Pender (1834–1863) and author William L. Saunders (1835–1891).
St. Paul Baptist Church is a historic African-American Baptist church located at Lloyd St and Edmondson Avenue in Tarboro, Edgecombe County, North Carolina. The church was built in 1871, and is a one-story, irregularly massed frame building with multiple gabled wings, and a corner tower. It is sheathed in weatherboard with abundant wooden decoration. The interior features a large open sanctuary with a dome and oculus above. It was moved from its original Main Street site to the present location about 1926.
Franklin Pierce Tate House is a historic home located at Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina. It was designed by architect Electus D. Litchfield and completed in 1928. It is a two-story, Colonial Revival style dwelling constructed of irregularly-coursed, rock-faced granite blocks.
Coats House is a historic home located at Tarboro, Edgecombe County, North Carolina. It was built about 1860, and is a two-story, three bays wide, English Cottage style brick dwelling. It features a hipped roof with wide, overhanging eaves and a cupola and four interior end chimneys. Also on the property are the contributing brick kitchen and a frame smokehouse. Its builder, Thomas H. Coats, also built the Calvary Episcopal Church and First Baptist Church in Raleigh, North Carolina.
The Grove, also known as Blount-Bridgers House, is a historic home located at Tarboro, Edgecombe County, North Carolina. It was built about 1808, and is a two-story, five bay, Federal style frame dwelling. It has a gable roof and pairs of double-shouldered brick end chimneys. It was the home of Thomas Blount (1759–1812), an American Revolutionary War veteran and statesman.
Walston-Bulluck House, also known as the Pender Museum, is a historic home located at Tarboro, Edgecombe County, North Carolina. It was built about 1795, and is a one-story, three bay, frame dwelling. It has a Hall and parlor plan and two reconstructed double-shouldered brick end chimneys. The house is sheathed in weatherboard, has a gable roof, and rests on a brick pier foundation. It was moved from its original location near Conetoe to its present site in 1969, and restored by the Edgecomb County Historical Society.
Piney Prospect, also known as the Sugg House, is a historic home located near Tarboro, Edgecombe County, North Carolina. The original house was built about 1800, and enlarged to its present size about 1820. It is a two-story, rectangular, frame dwelling in the Early Republic style. It features a four-bay, two-tiered recessed porch with three free standing and two engaged columns. The interior has Adamesque design elements. Also on the property is a large barn built about 1860.
Redmond-Shackelford House is a historic home located at Tarboro, Edgecombe County, North Carolina. It was built in 1885, and is a two-story, three bay Second Empire style stuccoed brick dwelling with a one-story rear wing. It features concave mansard roofs on both sections with round-arched dormers. The interior features an array of painted and plaster ornament. The decoration is attributed to Edward Zoeller, a Bavarian fresco painter, who also decorated the Howell Homeplace. Also on the property is a contributing brick kitchen with a hipped roof.
Oakland Plantation, also known as Lloyd Farm and the Elks Lodge, is a historic plantation house located at Tarboro, Edgecombe County, North Carolina. The frame dwelling dates to the mid-19th century, and consists of a two-story central section with flanking one-story wings and a series of rear additions. It has shallow hip roofs with Italianate brackets and features a one-story porch of the distinctive Tarboro lattice type. By 1931, the dwelling was occupied as an Elks Lodge for the African-American population.
Howell Homeplace, also known as the William Brinkley Howell Homeplace, is a historic home located near Tarboro, Edgecombe County, North Carolina. The frame dwelling dates to the mid-19th century, and is a two-story cubicle house sheathed in weatherboard with a hipped roof. The vernacular Greek Revival interior features extraordinary painted decoration in the entrance and stairhalls. The decoration is attributed to Edward Zoeller, a Bavarian fresco painter, who also decorated the Redmond-Shackelford House. Also on the property is a contributing outbuilding.
Batts House and Outbuildings is a historic home and associated outbuildings located near Tarboro, Edgecombe County, North Carolina. The dwelling dates to about 1880, and is a two-story frame Italianate-style house. Also on the property are the contributing one-story frame doctor's office, a small dairy, a log smokehouse and wood shed, a dilapidated corn barn, and a carriage house, later converted to a garage (1912). Also on the property is a family cemetery.
Lone Pine is a historic home and national historic district located near Tarboro, Edgecombe County, North Carolina. The district encompasses eight contributing buildings associated with the Lone Pine tobacco farm complex. The house was built about 1860, and is a two-story, rectangular, weatherboarded frame dwelling with Greek Revival and Italianate style design elements. It has a hipped tin roof pierced by two interior chimneys and a hipped tetrastyle portico. Also on the property are several structures and two contributing frame tobacco barns.
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 (1914), Pippen House (1870s), Dancy-Battle-Bass Clark House, Holderness House, Howard Memorial Presbyterian Church (1908-1909), W. H. MacNair House (1913), Henry Cherry-George White House, Jones House (1870-1875), Tarboro Primitive Baptist Church, St. James Methodist Church (1916), Carolina Telephone & Telegraph (1912), Clark's Warehouse #1 and #2, Battle-Porter-Powell House, Gaskil1-Hussey House (1882), Cheshire-Nash House, and Norfleet Court (1858).
Tarboro Town Common is a historic town common located at Tarboro, Edgecombe County, North Carolina. The common was established in 1760, and is an open space containing several memorials and a fountain. It originally consisted of 50 acres (20 ha). The commons contains five contributing objects: the Cotton Press; a Confederate memorial (1904); an obelisk; a memorial to the Spanish–American War dead; and a two-tier, cast iron fountain.
Railroad Depot Complex was a historic train station complex located at Tarboro, Edgecombe County, North Carolina. The brick section of the Freight House was built in 1884, with a frame addition built about 1912. The brick Passenger Station was built between 1908 and 1913, and consisted of a two-story central section flanked by one-story wings. It featured eclectic, classical detail, including flat arches with keystones, a bold and heavy cornice, and pilasters. The buildings have been demolished.
Quigless Clinic, also known as Quigless Clinic-Hospital, is a historic hospital building located at Tarboro, Edgecombe County, North Carolina. It was built in 1946, to serve the African-American population of Tarboro. It is a two-story, rectangular brick building with large glass block windows.
