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Upper Town Creek Rural Historic District

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MPS
  
Wilson MRA

Area
  
7.105 km²

Added to NRHP
  
29 August 1986

NRHP Reference #
  
86001656

Year built
  
1820

Upper Town Creek Rural Historic District

Nearest city
  
Roughly bounded by NC 1003, NC 1411, NC 1414, and Town Creek, near Wilson, North Carolina

Architectural style
  
Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Federal

Upper Town Creek Rural Historic District is a national historic district located near Wilson, in Edgecombe and Wilson County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 117 contributing buildings and 2 contributing structures on four contiguous farms near Wilson. The main plantation house on each farm are the Federal-style W. D. Petway House (c. 1820); the Greek Revival house built for Colonel David Williams (c. 1845-1860); the house built for Cally S. Braswell ("Hawthorne"; c. 1855); and the board and batten Gothic Revival Jesse Norris House (c. 1845-1860). The remaining contributing building and structures include packhouses, tobacco barns, tenant houses, and other agricultural outbuildings.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

References

Upper Town Creek Rural Historic District Wikipedia