Glen Royall Mill Village Historic District

Glen Royall Mill Village Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. 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°59′20″N78°30′10″W / 35.98889°N 78.50278°W / 35.98889; -78.50278
Area	45 acres (18 ha)
Built	c. 1900 (1900)
Built by	Hicks, Benjamin T.
Architect	Briggs, John D.
Architectural style	Bungalow/craftsman
MPS	Wake County MPS
NRHP reference No.	99001046 [1]
Added to NRHP	August 27, 1999

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. It is located in a residential section of the town of Wake Forest. There are 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. ^[2]

The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. ^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. J. Daniel Pezzoni (January 1999). "Glen Royall Mill Village Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved June 1, 2015.