Downtown Wake Forest Historic District

Downtown Wake Forest Historic District is a national historic district located at Wake Forest, Wake County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 25 contributing buildings, 1 contributing structure, and 1 contributing object built between about 1890 and 1949 and located in the central business district of the town of Wake Forest. It includes notable examples of Colonial Revival and Art Deco style architecture. Notable buildings include the Lovelace Building (1940s), Dick Frye Restaurant (1940s), Powers-Barbee Building (c. 1890, 1940s), Wilkinson Building (1899), B&S Department Store (1894-1895, 1949), Arrington Building (1915), Bank of Wake (1895), Wake Forest Post Office (1914), Collegiate Theater (1915), and Wake Forest Post Office (1940).[2]

Downtown Wake Forest Historic District
LocationSouth White St. roughly from E. Roosevelt Ave. to Owen Ave., Wake Forest, North Carolina
Coordinates35°58′48″N 78°30′36″W
Area6 acres (2.4 ha)
Built1915 (1915)
ArchitectHill, George Watts
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Art Deco
MPSWake County MPS
NRHP reference No.02000059[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 20, 2002

The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[1]

References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. J. Daniel Pezzoni (May 2001). "Downtown Wake Forest Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-06-01.


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