Glen Royall Mill Village Historic District Explained

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
Coordinates:35.9889°N -78.5028°W
Built:c.
Architect:Briggs, John D.
Builder:Hicks, Benjamin T.
Architecture:Bungalow/craftsman
Added:August 27, 1999
Refnum:99001046

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.[1]

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: J. Daniel Pezzoni . Glen Royall Mill Village Historic District . National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . January 1999 . pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2015-06-01.