Alexander Manufacturing Company Mill Village Historic District

Alexander Manufacturing Company Mill Village Historic District
Former Alexander School
LocationRoughly bounded by Victory & Wilson Drs., Allen & S. Broadway Sts., Forest City, North Carolina
Coordinates35°18′37″N 81°51′22″W / 35.31028°N 81.85611°W / 35.31028; -81.85611
Area65 acres (26 ha)
ArchitectDraper, Earle Sumner; Landscape Architect
Architectural styleBungalow/craftsman, Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.08000413[1]
Added to NRHPMay 15, 2008

Alexander Manufacturing Company Mill Village Historic District is a national historic district located at Forest City, Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States. 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 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. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ 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 February 1, 2015.