Wakefield Dairy Complex is a historic commercial building associated with the Royall Mill and located at Wake Forest, Wake County, North Carolina. The complex was built in 1934, and consists of an 8,000 square foot, four-story, dairy barn with silos; a bull barn; and a calf barn. It was built to house John Sprunt Hill's Guernsey dairy herd.[2]
Wakefield Dairy Complex | |
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| Nearest city | West side Falls of the Neuse Road (SR 2000), 1.2 miies north of Neuse River (12417 Falls of the Neuse Road), near Wake Forest, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°57′28″N 78°34′7″W / 35.95778°N 78.56861°W |
| Area | 5 acres (2.0 ha) |
| Built | 1934 |
| Built by | Rich, S.O. |
| Architectural style | Gothic-roofed barn |
| MPS | Wake County MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 02001719[1] |
| Added to NRHP | January 15, 2003 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Ellen Turco and April Montgomery (July 2001). "Wakefield Dairy Complex" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-06-01.