Wakefield Dairy Complex Explained

Wakefield Dairy Complex
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
Coordinates:35.9578°N -78.5686°W
Builder:Rich, S.O.
Architecture:Gothic-roofed barn
Added:January 15, 2003
Refnum:02001719

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.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ellen Turco and April Montgomery. Wakefield Dairy Complex . National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . July 2001 . pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2015-06-01.