National Register of Historic Places
Rosemark Historic District
Rosemark, Shelby County, Tennessee
The record
- Listed
- June 14, 2013
- Type
- Historic district
- Address
- 8501-8760 Kerrville-Rosemark Rd.; 8519-8727, 8736 Rosemark Rd., Rosemark
- County
- Shelby
- State
- Tennessee
- Contributing resources
- 59 buildings, 12 structures, 1 object
- Coordinates
- 35.36364, -89.77549
- Reference number
- 13000400
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The story
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The Rosemark Historic District is a historic district in Rosemark, Shelby County, along Kerrville-Rosemark Road and Rosemark Road, listed in the National Register in 2013. It includes 59 contributing buildings, 12 contributing structures and one contributing object. Its buildings range from Queen Anne and Craftsman bungalows to Minimal Traditional cottages and Ranch houses, with a Late Gothic Revival church and a Commercial Form store.
Why it's listed
It was listed under criteria A and C, with local significance in agriculture, industry, commerce and architecture. Its period of significance runs from 1890 to 1963, reflecting a building dated around 1890 and construction continuing to around 1960.
Physical character
Houses are sided in weatherboard, board-and-batten or vinyl, with some brick or stone, on concrete block or pier foundations under metal or composite shingle roofs. Agriculture Related farm buildings include cotton barns, a stock barn, a slaughterhouse, cook's quarters and a raised-seam metal cotton gin. Rosemark First Presbyterian Church's congregation arrived in 1917, its church was built in 1918, and the façade was reconfigured in 1954 with a new double-leaf entrance. Later changes include enclosed porches and storage areas, carports added in 1970 and 1980, and an addition built in 2000.
Historical context
Shelby County had 5,145 farms in 1954 but only 2,052 by 1964. In 1912 Rosemark Bank was chartered and Moore Brothers rebuilt its store; Moore Brothers also ran a cotton gin in the community.