Glen Royall Mill Village Historic District is a historic mill town and national historic district located at Wake Forest, Wake County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 82 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site built between about 1900 and 1949. It is located in a residential section of the town of Wake Forest. There are notable examples of Bungalow / American Craftsman style architecture. Located in the district is the separately listed Royall Cotton Mill Commissary. Other notable buildings include the Royall Cotton Mill (1899-1900), the Powell-White House (1909-1910), and pyramidal cottages, triple-A cottages, and shotgun houses.[2]
Glen Royall Mill Village Historic District | |
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| Location | Roughly bounded by N. Main St., E. Cedar Ave., CSX RR, and Royall Cotton Mill, Wake Forest, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°59′20″N 78°30′10″W / 35.98889°N 78.50278°W |
| Area | 45 acres (18 ha) |
| Built | c. 1900 |
| Built by | Hicks, Benjamin T. |
| Architect | Briggs, John D. |
| Architectural style | Bungalow/craftsman |
| MPS | Wake County MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 99001046[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 27, 1999 |
The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ J. Daniel Pezzoni (January 1999). "Glen Royall Mill Village Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved June 1, 2015.