Wakelon School

Coordinates: 35°49′52″N 78°19′14″W / 35.8312°N 78.3205°W / 35.8312; -78.3205
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Wakelon School
Wakelon School is located in North Carolina
Wakelon School
Wakelon School is located in the United States
Wakelon School
Location1003 N. Arendell Ave.,
Zebulon, North Carolina
Coordinates35°49′52″N 78°19′14″W / 35.8312°N 78.3205°W / 35.8312; -78.3205
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1908
ArchitectC.E. Hartge
NRHP reference No.76001345[1]
Added to NRHPMay 13, 1976

The Wakelon School is a historic school building located in Zebulon, Wake County, North Carolina, a suburb of Raleigh. Wakelon was designed by architect Charles E. Hartge and was built in 1908.[2] It served as an elementary school until the student population became too large for the facility. GlaxoSmithKline purchased Wakelon School from the Town of Zebulon in 1986 and used the building for office space. In March 2007 voters approved to repurchase Wakelon to be used as the new town hall. Renovations began in early 2008.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Catherine W. Cockshutt and Edith Tippett (November 1975). "Wakelon School" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-05-01.
  3. ^ Whitfield, Johnny (2007-12-31). "New town hall foremost on agenda in Zebulon in 2007". Eastern Wake News. Retrieved 2008-05-03. [dead link]

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