Alamance County is a county in North Carolina. As of the 2010 census, the population was 151,131. Its county seat is Graham. Formed in 1849 from Orange County to the east, Alamance County has been the site of significant historical events, textile manufacturing, and agriculture.
Burlington is a city in Alamance and Guilford counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the principal city of the Burlington, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Alamance County, in which most of the city is located, and is a part of the Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point CSA. The population was 50,042 at the 2010 census, which makes Burlington the 17th largest city in North Carolina. The Metropolitan Statistical Area population was over 150,000 in 2010.
Graham is a city in Alamance County, North Carolina, United States. It is part of the Burlington, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census the population was 14,153. It is the county seat of Alamance County.
Mebane is a city located mostly in Alamance County, North Carolina, United States, and partly in Orange County, North Carolina. The town was named for Alexander Mebane, an American Revolutionary War general and member of the U.S. Congress. It was incorporated as "Mebanesville" in 1881, and in 1883 the name was changed to "Mebane". It was incorporated as a city in 1987. The population as of the 2010 census was 11,393. Mebane is one of the fastest growing municipalities in North Carolina. Mebane straddles the Research Triangle and Piedmont Triad Regions of North Carolina. The bulk of the city is in Alamance County, which comprises the Burlington Metropolitan Statistical Area, itself a component of the Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point Combined Statistical Area. Two slivers in the eastern portion of the city are in Orange County, which is part of the Durham-Chapel Hill Metropolitan Statistical Area, itself a component of the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Combined Statistical Area.
Alamance Battleground is a North Carolina State Historic Site commemorating the Battle of Alamance. The historic site is located south of Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina in the United States.
Glencoe is an unincorporated community in Alamance County, North Carolina on North Carolina Highway 62, north-northeast of downtown Burlington.
Bellemont is an unincorporated community in Alamance County, North Carolina, United States.
The former US Post Office, also known as the US Post Office/Federal Building, is an historic red brick post office building located at 430 South Spring Street in downtown Burlington, North Carolina. Built in 1936, it was designed in a mixture of the Classical Revival and Moderne or Art Deco styles by architect R. Stanley Brown who worked under Louis A. Simon, head of the Office of the Supervising Architect.
First Baptist Church is a historic Southern Baptist church located at 400 S. Broad Street in Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina. The church was built in 1922–1924, and is a two-story, brick Neoclassical Revival style church building with stone ornamentation. The front facade features an Ionic order hexastyle portico. The educational building was added in 1939 and a Sunday School and chapel wing in 1953.
First Christian Church of Burlington is a historic church located at 415 S. Church Street in Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina. The church was built in 1920, and is a Neoclassical Revival style church building with an Akron Plan interior. The building features two main temple facades and a dome. A three-story educational building was constructed in 1953.
Allen House is a historic home located on the Alamance Battleground State Historic Site near Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina. It was built in 1782, and is a two-story, hewn log dwelling with a gable roof. It rests on a stone foundation. The Allen house was moved to the Alamance Battleground in 1966 and restored as a homestead dwelling.
Polly Fogleman House is a historic home located near Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina. It was built about 1825, and is a tall 1 1/2-story log house measuring 24 feet, 9 inches by 16 feet. It has a rear shed roofed addition and stone and brick chimney. Also on the property are the contributing fruit drying kiln, a 1 1/2-story log storage building with an attached open woodshed, and a small log building.
Atlantic Bank and Trust Company Building, also known as the North Carolina National Bank Building, is a historic bank building located in Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina. It was designed by architect Charles C. Hartmann and built in 1928–1929. It is a nine-story, steel-framed midrise in the Art Deco style. It features rich granite ornamentation at the bottom and top pairs of stories.
Windsor Cotton Mills Office is a historic office building located at Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina. It was built in 1890, and is a two-story, four bay by three bay, brick office building. It features a one-story hip-roofed porch that extends across most of the lower main facade.
Southern Railway Passenger Station is a historic train station located at Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina. It was built in 1892 by the North Carolina Railroad, and is a rectangular, one story red brick and wood building in a Victorian Tudor style. It features a hipped roof with flared eaves, decorative brackets, and an octagonal tower and two triangular dormers.
McCray School is a historic one-room school building for African-American students located near Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina. It was built in 1915–1916, and is a one-story, two-bay, frame building. It has a tin gable-front roof and is sheathed in plain weatherboard. The school continued in operation until the consolidation of four rural Alamance County schoolhouses in 1951.
Lakeside Mills Historic District is a national historic district located at Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina. It encompasses 20 contributing buildings built in the 1890s. The district includes a one-story brick mill and ancillary buildings, 16 one-, 1 1/2- and two-story frame houses, and a store building.
Downtown Burlington Historic District is a national historic district located at Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina, United States. It encompasses 40 contributing buildings in the central business district of Burlington, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
South Broad–East Fifth Streets Historic District is a national historic district in Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina. It encompasses 108 contributing buildings in a primarily residential section of Burlington. Most of the buildings are houses, one to two stories high, built between the 1890s and the 1940s in late Victorian, Queen Anne, American Craftsman, and Colonial Revival styles of frame or brick construction.
Beverly Hills Historic District is a national historic district located at Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina. It encompasses 108 contributing buildings, 3 contributing structures, and 2 contributing objects in a planned residential subdivision of Burlington. Most of the buildings are houses, one to two stories high, built between about 1919 and 1959 in I-house, Tudor Revival, American Craftsman, Colonial Revival, and Mediterranean Revival styles of frame or brick construction.
