Historic Oakwood is a neighborhood in downtown

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, on the

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, and known for its

Historic Oakwood Cemetery Historic Oakwood Cemetery was founded in 1869 in North Carolina's capital, Raleigh, North Carolina, Raleigh, near the North Carolina State Capitol in the city's Historic Oakwood neighborhood. Historic Oakwood Cemetery contains two special areas ...

, its many Victorian houses and its location close to the Mordecai Plantation Manor. Located near the

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and St. Augustine's Chapel, during the 19th century Historic Oakwood was home to prominent members of Raleigh's society. It is North Carolina's largest, intact 19th Century residential neighborhood and Raleigh's earliest white middle-class suburb. Unlike later suburbs, it developed lot-by-lot over time, instead of by platted sections. Its Victorian-era architectural styles include

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, Queen Anne, and

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. Later infill brought the bungalow, the

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style, and the

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house to the area. Oakwood is also known for its Christmas Candlelight Tour, which opens private historic residences to the public, and the Garden Tour, which allows the public to see the vast gardens worked on by the Oakwood Gardening Club. Oakwood was listed on the

in 1974, with additions made in 1987, 1988, and 1989. It is also one of six local historic overlay districts (HOD). Several Oakwood residences are also individually recognized as Local Historic Landmarks.

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Raleigh Historic Districts Commission-Oakwood
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Oakwood Historic Overlay District
RHDC
National Register Historic Districts in Raleigh, North Carolina
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Historic Oakwood
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