Wakefield Dairy Complex

Wakefield Dairy Complex
Nearest city West side Falls of the Neuse Road (SR 2000), 1.2 miies north of Neuse River (12417 Falls of the Neuse Road), near Wake Forest, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°57′28″N 78°34′7″W / 35.95778°N 78.56861°W / 35.95778; -78.56861Coordinates: 35°57′28″N 78°34′7″W / 35.95778°N 78.56861°W / 35.95778; -78.56861
Area 5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built 1934 (1934)
Built by Rich, S.O.
Architectural style Gothic-roofed barn
MPS Wake County MPS
NRHP Reference # 02001719[1]
Added to NRHP January 15, 2003

Wakefield Dairy Complex is a historic commercial building associated with the Royall Mill and located at Wake Forest, Wake County, North Carolina. The complex was built in 1934, and consists of an 8,000 square foot, four-story, dairy barn with silos; a bull barn; and a calf barn. It was built to house John Sprunt Hill's Guernsey dairy herd.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Ellen Turco and April Montgomery (July 2001). "Wakefield Dairy Complex" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-06-01.


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