Durham Cotton Mills Village Historic District

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Durham Cotton Mills Village Historic District
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House at 610 Reservoir Street
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LocationRoughly bounded by Byrd and Middle Sts., E. Frontage Rd. and Reservoir St., Durham, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°58′36″N78°52′56″W / 35.97667°N 78.88222°W / 35.97667; -78.88222 Coordinates: 35°58′36″N78°52′56″W / 35.97667°N 78.88222°W / 35.97667; -78.88222
Area5.9 acres (2.4 ha)
Architectural styleStory and a jump
MPS Durham MRA
NRHP reference No. 85001793 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 9, 1985

Durham Cotton Mills Village Historic District are a set of historic mill village houses and national historic district located at Durham, Durham County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 15 contributing residential buildings built by the Durham Cotton Manufacturing Company. They are 1+12-story, "story and a jump" gable end frame dwellings dated to the mid-1880s. Twelve of the dwellings have rear one-story, gable-roofed ells. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Claudia Robert Brown (June 1984). "Durham Cotton Mills Village Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-10-01.