Alexander Manufacturing Company Mill Village Historic District
Alexander Manufacturing Company Mill Village Historic District | |
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Location | Roughly bounded by Victory & Wilson Drs., Allen & S. Broadway Sts., Forest City, North Carolina |
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Coordinates | 35°18′37″N 81°51′22″W / 35.31028°N 81.85611°WCoordinates: 35°18′37″N 81°51′22″W / 35.31028°N 81.85611°W |
Area | 65 acres (26 ha) |
Architect | Draper, Earle Sumner; Landscape Architect |
Architectural style | Bungalow/craftsman, Colonial Revival |
NRHP Reference # | 08000413[1] |
Added to NRHP | May 15, 2008 |
Alexander Manufacturing Company Mill Village Historic District is a national historic district located at Forest City, Rutherford County, North Carolina. It encompasses 87 contributing buildings in a predominantly residential section of Forest City developed by the Alexander Manufacturing Company. The mill village developed after 1918, and includes notable examples of Colonial Revival and Bungalow / American Craftsman style architecture. Landscape architect Earle Sumner Draper’s planned the curvilinear village plan. Notable buildings include the Alexander Manufacturing Company mill complex, former Alexander School, and Alexander Baptist Church.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.[1]
References
- 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ Heather Fearnbach (April 2007). "Alexander Manufacturing Company Mill Village Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
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