Glen Royall Mill Village Historic District

Glen Royall Mill Village Historic District
Location Roughly bounded by N. Main St., E. Cedar Ave., CSX RR, and Royall Cotton Mill, Wake Forest, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°59′20″N 78°30′10″W / 35.98889°N 78.50278°W / 35.98889; -78.50278Coordinates: 35°59′20″N 78°30′10″W / 35.98889°N 78.50278°W / 35.98889; -78.50278
Area 45 acres (18 ha)
Built c. 1900 (1900)
Built by Hicks, Benjamin T.
Architect Briggs, John D.
Architectural style Bungalow/craftsman
MPS Wake County MPS
NRHP Reference # 99001046[1]
Added to NRHP August 27, 1999

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 and located in a residential section of the town of Wake Forest. It includes 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]

The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 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 2015-06-01.


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