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Upper Town Creek Rural Historic District
Upper Town Creek Rural Historic District is located in North Carolina
Upper Town Creek Rural Historic District
Nearest cityRoughly bounded by NC 1003, NC 1411, NC 1414, and Town Creek, near Wilson, North Carolina
Area1,755.7 acres (710.5 ha)
Built1820 (1820)
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Gothic Revival, Federal
MPSWilson MRA
NRHP reference No.86001656[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 29, 1986

Upper Town Creek Rural Historic District is a national historic district located near Wilson, 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 Federal-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 board and batten Gothic Revival Jesse Norris House (c. 1845-1860). The remaining contributing building and structures include packhouses, tobacco barns, tenant houses, and other agricultural outbuildings.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Kate Ohno (October 1982). "Upper Town Creek Rural Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.


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