Alexander Manufacturing Company Mill Village Historic District

Alexander Manufacturing Company Mill Village Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Former Alexander School
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Location	Roughly bounded by Victory & Wilson Drs., Allen & S. Broadway Sts., Forest City, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°18′37″N 81°51′22″W
Area	65 acres (26 ha)
Architect	Draper, Earle Sumner; Landscape Architect
Architectural style	Bungalow/craftsman, Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.	08000413[1]
Added to NRHP	May 15, 2008

Alexander Manufacturing Company Mill Village Historic District is a national historic district located at Forest City, Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States. It encompasses 87 contributing buildings in a predominantly residential section of Forest City developed by the Alexander Manufacturing Company. The mill village developed after 1918, and includes notable examples of Colonial Revival and Bungalow / American Craftsman style architecture. Landscape architect Earle Sumner Draper planned the curvilinear village plan. Notable buildings include the Alexander Manufacturing Company mill complex, former Alexander School, and Alexander Baptist Church.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Heather Fearnbach (April 2007). "Alexander Manufacturing Company Mill Village Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved February 1, 2015.