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Glen Royall Mill Village Historic District

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Built
  
c. 1900 (1900)

Architect
  
Briggs, John D.

MPS
  
Wake County MPS

Added to NRHP
  
27 August 1999

Built by
  
Hicks, Benjamin T.

Architectural style
  
Bungalow/craftsman

Area
  
18 ha

Glen Royall Mill Village Historic District

Location
  
Roughly bounded by N. Main St., E. Cedar Ave., CSX RR, and Royall Cotton Mill, Wake Forest, North Carolina

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 and located in a residential section of the town of Wake Forest. It includes 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.

The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.

References

Glen Royall Mill Village Historic District Wikipedia