Alexander Manufacturing Company Mill Village Historic District

Alexander Manufacturing Company Mill Village Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Location	Roughly bounded by Victory & Wilson Drs., Allen & S. Broadway Sts., Forest City, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°18′37″N 81°51′22″W / 35.31028°N 81.85611°W / 35.31028; -81.85611Coordinates: 35°18′37″N 81°51′22″W / 35.31028°N 81.85611°W / 35.31028; -81.85611
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 Staff (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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