THIS PLACE MATTERS

By: Robyn Jones

BENVENUE COUNTRY CLUB

Benvenue Country Club

100 Southern BoulevardRocky Mount, NC 27804-6208

The sun was too bright that day …

Benvenue Country Club has

been serving Rocky Mount for

89 years (est. 1922). IT has

provided Rocky Mount with

recreational fun from golf to

tennis. It is the only country

club in Rocky Mount.

BENVENUE COUNTRY CLUB

I came here myself to get my

tennis racket strung!

ROCKY MOUNT MILLS SCHOOL GROUND

Rocky Mount Hills Street

(no definite address)

“On this site stood the Rocky Mount Mills school EST. 1896 Closed 1946

Built and operated by Rocky Mount Mills to

provide grades 1-7 for the benefit of the mill village

children.”

ROCKY MOUNT MILLS SCHOOL GROUND

While me and my mom were

taking a picture here we saw a

snake and ran back to our car

that was at least 1/5 of a mile

away.

DILLON SUPPLY WAREHOUSE

348 South Washington StreetRocky Mount, NC 27801-5525

Dillon Supple Co. has opened since 1914 and is officially running in Durham, NC however it looks like this is abandoned. Dillon Supply Co. provides building supplies and material and has been quite successful.

DILLON SUPPLY WAREHOUSE

My mom actually pointed

this out to me and I said “No

Mom this is probably one of

those companies that are out of

business,” I'm surprised that it

wasn't .

ROCKY MOUNT AMTRAK

101 Coastline StreetRocky Mount, NC 27804

This Station has been open

for 118 years providing

transportation of people from

Rocky Mount all the way to

New York City!

ROCKY MOUNT AMTRAK

My mothers friend’s friend

came to NC from one of the

trains there!

BRASWELL MEMORIAL LIBRARY

727 North Grace StreetRocky Mount, NC 27804-4842

The sun is still too bright…

Braswell Memorial Library

has been providing education to

people for a over 100 years.

It is also the only library in

Rocky Mount!

BRASWELL MEMORIAL LIBRARY

I’ve come here in the

summer many times with my

dad to borrow books and they

have quite a variety .

I HOPE YOU LIKED IT!