Milton Historic District is a national

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

located at Milton,

Caswell County, North Carolina Caswell County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is located in the Piedmont Triad region of the state. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 22,736. Its county seat is Yancey ...

. It encompasses 15 contributing buildings in the town of Milton. The district includes notable examples of Federal and

Greek Revival Greek Revival architecture is a architectural style, style that began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe, the United States, and Canada, ...

style architecture. In addition to the separately listed Milton State Bank and

Union Tavern Union Tavern is a historic tavern and workshop on Broad Street in Milton, North Carolina. It is a rare example of a well-preserved early 19th-century Federal period tavern, and is further notable as the workshop of Thomas Day (c. 1801–1861), a ...

, other notable buildings include the Clay-Lewis-Irvine House, Winstead House, Presbyterian Church, Baptist Meeting House (Milton Church), Old Shops, Old Stores, and row houses. Fittings in the Presbyterian Church and Baptist Meeting House (Milton Church) are attributed to noted African-American cabinetmaker Thomas Day. It was added to the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...

in 1973.

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* * * * Historic American Buildings Survey in North Carolina Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Federal architecture in North Carolina Greek Revival architecture in North Carolina Buildings and structures in Caswell County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Caswell County, North Carolina {{CaswellCountyNC-NRHP-stub