Edenton Cotton Mill Historic District

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Edenton Cotton Mill Historic District
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LocationBounded by E. Church St., Bount's Creek, Queen Anne's Creek, and Wood Ave., Edenton, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°3′27″N76°36′7″W / 36.05750°N 76.60194°W / 36.05750; -76.60194
Area48.9 acres (19.8 ha)
Built1899 (1899)-1923
Built byGeorge L. Borum
Architect C. R. Makepeace & Company
Architectural styleBungalow/craftsman, Italianate
NRHP reference No. 99000089 [1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 5, 1999

Edenton Cotton Mill Historic District is a national historic district located at Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 70 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, 2 contributing structures, and 1 contributing object in a small mill village. It includes industrial and residential buildings developed between 1899 and 1923. Residential buildings are primarily simple one-story, single-pile, frame dwellings and some examples of the Bungalow / American Craftsman style. Notable non-residential buildings include the Italianate Revival style Edenton Cotton Mill (1899-1916), Edenton Cotton Mill Office, and First Christian Church (1916). [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. [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. Thomas R. Butchko (July 1998). "Edenton Cotton Mill Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.