Durham Cotton Mills Village Historic District

Coordinates: 35°58′36″N 78°52′56″W / 35.97667°N 78.88222°W / 35.97667; -78.88222
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Durham Cotton Mills Village Historic District
House at 610 Reservoir Street
Durham Cotton Mills Village Historic District is located in North Carolina
Durham Cotton Mills Village Historic District
Durham Cotton Mills Village Historic District is located in the United States
Durham Cotton Mills Village Historic District
LocationRoughly bounded by Byrd and Middle Sts., E. Frontage Rd. and Reservoir St., Durham, North Carolina
Coordinates35°58′36″N 78°52′56″W / 35.97667°N 78.88222°W / 35.97667; -78.88222
Area5.9 acres (2.4 ha)
Architectural styleStory and a jump
MPSDurham MRA
NRHP reference No.85001793[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 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+12-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[edit]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  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 October 1, 2014.