Alexander Manufacturing Company Mill Village Historic District Explained

Alexander Manufacturing Company Mill Village Historic District
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Location:Roughly bounded by Victory & Wilson Drs., Allen & S. Broadway Sts., Forest City, North Carolina
Coordinates:35.3103°N -81.8561°W
Architect:Draper, Earle Sumner; Landscape Architect
Architecture:Bungalow/craftsman, Colonial Revival
Added:May 15, 2008
Refnum:08000413

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.[1]

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Heather Fearnbach. Alexander Manufacturing Company Mill Village Historic District. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . April 2007. pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2015-02-01.