Area 7.105 km² Added to NRHP 29 August 1986 | NRHP Reference # 86001656 Year built 1820 | |
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Nearest city Roughly bounded by NC 1003, NC 1411, NC 1414, and Town Creek, near Wilson, North Carolina Architectural style | ||
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.