Durham Cotton Mills Village Historic District

Durham Cotton Mills Village Historic District
Location Roughly bounded by Byrd and Middle Sts., E. Frontage Rd. and Reservoir St., Durham, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°58′36″N 78°52′56″W / 35.97667°N 78.88222°W / 35.97667; -78.88222Coordinates: 35°58′36″N 78°52′56″W / 35.97667°N 78.88222°W / 35.97667; -78.88222
Area 5.9 acres (2.4 ha)
Architectural style Story and a jump
MPS Durham MRA
NRHP Reference # 85001793[1]
Added to NRHP August 9, 1985

Durham Cotton Mills Village Historic District are a set of historic mill village houses and national historic district located at Durham, Durham County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 15 contributing residential buildings built by the Durham Cotton Manufacturing Company. They are 1 1/2-story, "story and a jump" gable end frame dwellings dated to the mid-1880s. Twelve of the dwellings have rear one-story, gable-roofed ells.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Claudia Robert Brown (June 1984). "Durham Cotton Mills Village Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-10-01.


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