Wake Forest Historic District is a national

historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...

located at Wake Forest,

Wake County, North Carolina Wake County is located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. In the 2020 census, its population was 1,129,410, making it North Carolina's most-populous county. From July 2005 to July 2006, Wake County was the 9th-fastest growing county in the U ...

. The district encompasses 245 contributing buildings, one contributing site, and five contributing structures built between about 1890 and 1953 and located in the historic core of the town of Wake Forest. It includes notable examples of

Greek Revival The Greek Revival was an architectural movement which began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe and the United States and Canada, but ...

and

Federal Federal or foederal (archaic) may refer to: Politics General *Federal monarchy, a federation of monarchies *Federation, or ''Federal state'' (federal system), a type of government characterized by both a central (federal) government and states or ...

style architecture. Located in the district are the separately listed

Lea Laboratory Lea Laboratory is a historic laboratory building located on the original campus of Wake Forest University at Wake Forest, Wake County, North Carolina. It was designed by noted Baltimore architect John Appleton Wilson (1851–1927) and built in 18 ...

South Brick House South Brick House is a historic home located at Wake Forest, Wake County, North Carolina. The house was built in 1838, and is a -story, double-pile, Greek Revival style brick dwelling with a side gable roof. A number of small, frame additions ...

, and the Powell-White House, a contributing resource in the

Glen Royall Mill Village Historic District Glen Royall Mill Village Historic District is a historic mill town and national historic district located at Wake Forest, Wake County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 82 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site built between abou ...

. Other notable buildings include the historic campus of

Wake Forest College Wake Forest University is a private research university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Founded in 1834, the university received its name from its original location in Wake Forest, north of Raleigh, North Carolina. The Reynolda Campus, the un ...

, Wake Forest Baptist Church (1913), Magnolia Hill (1928), Calvin Jones House (''circa'' 1820), John M. Brewer House (''circa'' 1860), Wait-Taylor House (1843), Taylor-Purefoy-Poteat-Swett House (''circa'' 1840), Community House (''circa'' 1942), St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church (now Hope Lutheran Church, ''circa'' 1940), the Powers Store (1897), and former Water and Light Building (1909). The district was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 2003.

References

Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Federal architecture in North Carolina Greek Revival architecture in North Carolina Geography of Wake County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Wake County, North Carolina {{WakeCountyNC-NRHP-stub