Alexander Manufacturing Company Mill Village Historic District

Alexander Manufacturing Company Mill Village Historic District is a national historic district located at Forest City, Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States. It encompasses 87 contributing buildings in a predominantly residential section of Forest City developed by the Alexander Manufacturing Company. The mill village developed after 1918, and includes notable examples of Colonial Revival and Bungalow / American Craftsman style architecture. Landscape architect Earle Sumner Draper planned the curvilinear village plan. Notable buildings include the Alexander Manufacturing Company mill complex, former Alexander School, and Alexander Baptist Church.[2]

Alexander Manufacturing Company Mill Village Historic District
Former Alexander School
Alexander Manufacturing Company Mill Village Historic District is located in North Carolina
Alexander Manufacturing Company Mill Village Historic District
Alexander Manufacturing Company Mill Village Historic District is located in the United States
Alexander Manufacturing Company Mill Village Historic District
LocationRoughly bounded by Victory & Wilson Drs., Allen & S. Broadway Sts., Forest City, North Carolina
Coordinates35°18′37″N 81°51′22″W / 35.31028°N 81.85611°W / 35.31028; -81.85611
Area65 acres (26 ha)
ArchitectDraper, Earle Sumner; Landscape Architect
Architectural styleBungalow/craftsman, Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.08000413[1]
Added to NRHPMay 15, 2008

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Heather Fearnbach (April 2007). "Alexander Manufacturing Company Mill Village Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved February 1, 2015.