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.
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 1882, 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 Alamance County portion is part of the Burlington Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is a component of the Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point Combined Statistical Area. The Orange County portion is part of the Durham-Chapel Hill Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is 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.
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.
Charles C. Hartmann (1889–1977) was an American architect.
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.
Sunny Side is a historic home located near Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina. It was built in 1871, and is a two-story, "T"-shaped frame Italianate style dwelling with Gothic Revival style design elements. It features an ornate two-bay hip-roof front porch. Also on the property are the contributing well house and smokehouse, and the remnants of the original gardens. It was built by Lawrence S. Holt, a prominent Alamance County textile mill owner and philanthropist.
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.
Holt–Frost House, also known as the Dr. Frost House, is a historic home located at Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina. It is a two-story, "L"-shaped, Queen Anne style dwelling. It has a rear one-story wing that may date to 1860. It has a slate gable roof, multi-colored glass window panels, porches, and an abundance of sawn and turned millwork.
Horner Houses, also known as the Earl Horner House and Charles Horner House, are two historic homes located at Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina. The Earl Horner House was built about 1921, and is a two-story bungalow form frame dwelling. It features a gable-roofed porch. The Charles Horner House dates to 1924, and is a two-story, stuccoed frame dwelling in the Mission/Spanish Revival style. It features 66 windows and porches with terra cotta tiled floors. Earl Horner served as Burlington's mayor from 1919 until 1944.
Moore-Holt-White House is a historic home located at Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina. It was built in 1859, and is a vernacular Greek Revival style dwelling consisting of a main two-story front block one room deep with a porch across the front. It is one of only a few antebellum houses surviving in Burlington.
Atlantic Bank and Trust Company Building, also known as the North Carolina National Bank Building, is a historic bank building located at 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.
Efird Building is a historic commercial building located at Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina. It was built in 1919, and is a three-story, Gothic Revival style building. The front facade is sheathed in white enamelled terra cotta tile. It housed a branch of Efird's Department Store based in Albemarle, North Carolina.
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.
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. 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.
Greystone, also known as the James E. Stagg House, is a historic home located at Durham, Durham County, North Carolina. It was designed by architect Charles Christian Hook and built in 1911. It is a 2 1/2-story, six bay, Châteauesque style granite, limestone, and brick dwelling. It features a deep porch with porte cochere, projecting bays with conical roofs, tall chimney stacks, and a high hipped roof with numerous dormers and heavy yellow-green clay tiles. The house was divided into six apartments about 1961.
