Bath is a town in Beaufort County, North Carolina, United States. Located on the Pamlico River, it developed a trade in naval stores, furs, and tobacco. The population was 249 as of 2010. North Carolina’s first town and port of entry, it was chartered on March 8, 1705.
Clayton is a town in Johnston County, North Carolina, United States, and is considered a satellite town of Raleigh. As of 2010, Clayton's population was 16,116, up from 6,973 at the 2000 census. By 2019 the town's estimated population was 24,887. Much of that growth can be attributed to the town's proximity to the Research Triangle area and access to major highways such as I-40 and US 70.
Cary is a town in Wake and Chatham counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina and is part of the Raleigh–Cary, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area. According to the 2020 Census, its population was 174,721, making it the seventh largest municipality in North Carolina, and the 148th largest in the United States. In 2021, the town's population had increased to 176,987.
Morrisville is a town located primarily in Wake County, North Carolina, United States. The U.S. Census Bureau estimated the town's population to be 31,278 as of July 1, 2021. Morrisville is part of the Research Triangle metropolitan region. The regional name originated after the 1959 creation of the Research Triangle Park, located midway between the cities of Raleigh and Durham. The Research Triangle region encompasses the U.S. Census Bureau's Combined Statistical Area (CSA) of Raleigh-Durham-Cary. The estimated population of the Raleigh-Durham-Cary CSA was 2,144,608 as of 2021, with the Raleigh-Cary Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) portion estimated at 1,448,411 residents. The operational headquarter of an American -Chinese multinational technology company Lenovo is located in the municipal limits.
Green Level is an unincorporated community in southwestern Wake County, North Carolina, United States. It was founded c. 1800 and is one of the oldest surviving crossroads communities in the county. Although historically connected to the town of Apex, Green Level now lies within the municipal jurisdiction of the town of Cary.
The North Carolina State Capitol is the former seat of the legislature of the U.S. state of North Carolina which housed all of the state's government until 1888. The Supreme Court and State Library moved into a separate building in 1888, and the General Assembly moved into the State Legislative Building in 1963. Today, the governor and his immediate staff occupy offices on the first floor of the Capitol.
Douglas Dobell Ellington was an American architect who is noted for his work in the Art Deco style.
Cary Towne Center was an indoor shopping mall in Cary, North Carolina. It was anchored by Belk, Dillard's, Macy's, JCPenney, and Sears.
The Page-Walker Hotel, also known as the Page-Walker Arts & History Center, is a historic house museum and former hotel located in Cary, North Carolina. The founder of the town of Cary, Allison Francis Page, built the Second Empire style hotel about 1868, and J. R. Walker bought it later. Page's son Walter Hines Page (1855–1918) was an American journalist, publisher, and diplomat.
The Frank and Mary Smith House is a historic home located at 2935 John Adams Road in Willow Spring, Wake County, North Carolina, a suburb of Raleigh. The house was built about 1880, and is a two-story, three-bay, single-pile frame I-house with a central hall plan. It is sheathed in weatherboard, has a triple-A-roof, and a 1+1⁄2-story tall shed addition and gabled rear ell.
The Turner and Amelia Smith House is a historic home in Willow Spring, Wake County, North Carolina, a suburb of Raleigh. The house was built about 1880, and is a two-story, three-bay, single-pile frame I-house with a central hall plan. It is sheathed in weatherboard, has a triple-A-roof, and a tall shed addition and hip-roofed front porch.
Halifax Historic District is a national historic district located at Halifax, Halifax County, North Carolina, US that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970. It includes several buildings that are individually listed on the National Register. Halifax was the site of the signing of the Halifax Resolves on April 12, 1776, a set of resolutions of the North Carolina Provincial Congress which led to the United States Declaration of Independence gaining the support of North Carolina's delegates to the Second Continental Congress in that year.
Douglas Ellington House is a historic home located at Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. It was built in 1926 by architect Douglas Ellington, and is an eclectic stone and brick cottage set into its terraced, hillside site. It consists of a two-bay, 1+1⁄2-story brick "cottage" under a broad-eaved, wood shingled hip roof; a five-bay, uncoursed stone central block; and a traditional, single-room log cabin, said to have been on the property when Ellington's brother, Kenneth Ellington, bought it. They thought it to be over 100 years old.
Matthews Place, also known as Ivey Hill, is a historic plantation house located near Hollister, Halifax County, North Carolina. It consists of two houses: a two-story, three bay, Georgian-style frame dwelling dated to about 1800, attached to a two-story, three bay, Greek Revival-style frame dwelling added about 1847. The houses are set a right angles to the other. The older house has a single-shoulder brick chimney. The Greek Revival house features a pedimented front entrance porch with simple fluted Doric order columns.
Downtown Sylva Historic District is a national historic district located at Sylva, Jackson County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 41 contributing buildings and 3 contributing structures in the central business district of Sylva. They are dated between about 1900 and 1964, and include notable examples of Italianate, Classical Revival, Modern Movement, Queen Anne, and American Craftsman style architecture. Notable buildings include the C. J. Harris Building, New Jackson Hotel, Medford Furniture Company (1923), Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company (1925), the Sylvan Theatre (1927) designed by architect Douglas Ellington, Jackson County Bank's Sylva branch (1926), Cogdill Motors (1934), Moody Funeral Home (1946), Saint John's Episcopal Church (1956), and the United States Post Office (1964).
Ellington-Ellis Farm is a historic home and farm complex located near Clayton, Johnston County, North Carolina. The house was built around 1835, and is a two-story, "T"-plan Greek Revival style heavy timber frame dwelling. It is sheathed in weatherboard, is flanked by exterior stone end chimneys, and has a low hip roof. It was remodeled in the 1850s that added a two-room kitchen/dining ell. Also on the property are the contributing smokehouse with a bell tower (1830s), a four-seat ladies' privy (1830s), and a playhouse (1850s).
Barker House is a historic home located near Henderson, Vance County, North Carolina. It was built about 1764, with an addition built about 1774. It is a 1+1⁄2-story, five bay, single pile, heavy timber frame dwelling. The interior has a hall-parlor plan. It was renovated in 2014, with a rebuilt full-width engaged front porch.
Nancy Jones House is a historic home located near Cary, Wake County, North Carolina. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. It is the oldest surviving structure in Cary.
Rufus J. Ivey House is a historic home located near Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina. It was built about 1872, and is a two-story, "L"-shaped, Italianate-style brick dwelling with a steeply pitched cross-gable roof. It features a one-story porch with a low hipped roof.
Cary Historic District is a national historic district located at Cary, Wake County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 39 contributing buildings in a predominantly residential section of Cary. The district developed between about 1890 and 1945, and includes notable examples of Queen Anne and Bungalow / American Craftsman style architecture. Notable buildings include the former Cary High School built in 1939 by the Works Progress Administration, Esther Ivey House, Captain Harrison P. Guess House, and Dr. John P. Hunter House.
