The Wendell Commercial 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 ...
encompassing the historic
central business district
A central business district (CBD) is the commercial and business centre of a city. It contains commercial space and offices, and in larger cities will often be described as a financial district. Geographically, it often coincides with the "city ...
of
Wendell,
North Carolina
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, a town in eastern
Wake County
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 is notable for its intact collection of one- and two-story brick masonry commercial buildings executed in the vernacular style typical of eastern North Carolina communities in the first half of the twentieth century.
The roughly three-block district is bounded on the north by the 1906 Raleigh-Pamlico Railroad tracks, on the east by Pine Street, on the south by the rear property lines of the structures fronting Third Street, and on the west by the rear property lines of the buildings fronting Main Street. The district was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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in July 1998.
Buildings
See also
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List of Registered Historic Places in North Carolina
This is a list of structures, sites, districts, and objects on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina:
As of , there are more than 2,900 properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in all 100 ...
References
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Wake County, North Carolina
Geography of Wake County, North Carolina
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