Upper Town Creek Rural Historic District is a national

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located near

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, in Edgecombe and Wilson County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 117 contributing buildings and 2 contributing structures on four contiguous farms near Wilson. The main plantation house on each farm are the

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-style W. D. Petway House (c. 1820); the Greek Revival house built for Colonel David Williams (c. 1845-1860); the house built for Cally S. Braswell ("Hawthorne"; c. 1855); and the

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Jesse Norris House (c. 1845-1860). The remaining contributing building and structures include packhouses, tobacco barns, tenant houses, and other agricultural outbuildings. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

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Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Federal architecture in North Carolina Greek Revival architecture in North Carolina Gothic Revival architecture in North Carolina Buildings and structures in Edgecombe County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Edgecombe County, North Carolina Buildings and structures in Wilson County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Wilson County, North Carolina {{WilsonCountyNC-NRHP-stub