North Carolina - Wake County - Vacant / Not In Use
Wake County North Carolina (Vacant / Not In Use) has 27 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 7 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Falls of the Neuse Manufacturing Company, Masonic Temple Building, Raleigh, Sir Walter, Hotel, Rock Cliff Farm and Walnut Hill Cotton Gin.

Many famous people are associated with these Wake County historic places including William White, Bertram Whittier Wells, Alonzo T. Mial, James Manuel Mangum and Rufus Sylvester Tucker.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Wake County places including B.H. Griffin, Charles McMillian, J.A. Salter, Carolna Construction Co., Bertram Whittier Wells, A.Y. Hairr, Arthur Winslow, William Percival, W.S. Walden and Frank B. Simpson. Prominent architectural styles found in Wake Country are Colonial Revival, Art Deco and Federal.

Apex City Hall (added 1985 - - #85003077)
N. Salem St. , Apex
Ke4roh, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
City Hall
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Carolina Coach Garage and Shop (added 2009 - - #09000661)
510 E. Davie St. , Raleigh
Mx. Granger, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Transportation
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Carolina Power and Light Company Car Barn and Automobile Garage (added 1997 - - #97001304)
116 N. West St. , Raleigh
Nicholas Oren Rawlings, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Art Deco
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Transportation
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Rail-Related, Road-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Davis--Adcock Store (added 2006 - - #06000788)
Also known as John C. Adcock Store, W.W. Davis Store
2013 Piney Grove-Wilbon Rd., E side of Piney Grove-Wilbon Rd., 0.2 mi. N of jct. of Wilbon Rd. , Wilbon
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Government
Historic Sub-function:
Department Store, Post Office
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
DuBois, W. E. B., School (added 1993 - - #93000998)
Also known as Wake Forest Graded School (Colored);Wake Forest Colored High
536 Franklin St. , Wake Forest
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Education, Black
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Edenwood (added 1993 - - #93000544)
Also known as Smith-Williams House
7620 Old Stage Rd. , Garner
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival, Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Animal Facility, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Falls of the Neuse Manufacturing Company (added 1983 - - #83001921)
Also known as Manteo Manufacturing Company;Forest Manufacturing Company
Neuse River at SR 2000 , Falls
F\u00e6, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Architecture, Industry
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Water Works
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Fuquay Springs Teacherage (added 2005 - - #05001448)
602 E Academy St. , Fuquay--Varina
Fvman, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Education
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
Educational Related Housing
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Heartsfield--Perry Farm (added 2003 - - #02001728)
NC 2224, 0.1 mi. SE of NC 2300 , Rolesville
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Federal, Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Agriculture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Funerary, Health Care
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Cemetery, Medical Business/Office, Processing, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Funerary, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Cemetery, Processing, Single Dwelling
Lumsden-Boone Building (added 1983 - - #83001923)
226 Fayetteville St. Mall , Raleigh
Cgb628, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Department Store
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use, Work In Progress
Mangum, James, House (added 1974 - - #74001379)
SW of Durham off NC 751 , Creedmore
Rangergreg281, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Federal
Historic Person:
Mangum,James Manuel
Significant Year:
1840, 1838
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Masonic Temple Building (added 1979 - - #79003341)
133 Fayetteville St. Mall , Raleigh
APK, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Carolna Construction Co., McMillian,Charles
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, Skyscraper
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Clubhouse, Professional
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
New Hill Historic District (added 2001 - - #01000426)
Roughly 0.5 S of jct. of Old US 1 and NC 1127, and 2 mi. W of jct. with Old US 1 , New Hill
KimWrenn, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Tudor Revival, Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Agriculture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Funerary, Religion, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Cemetery, Department Store, Hotel, Rail-Related, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Funerary, Religion, Transportation, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Cemetery, Department Store, Processing, Rail-Related, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Perry Farm (added 1994 - - #94001025)
Also known as Wake County,NC survey site #Wa 1941
NC 2320 S side, E of jct. with NC 2300 , Riley Hill
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Social History, Black, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Pine Street Creamery, (Former) (added 1997 - - #97001499)
414 Glenwood Ave. , Raleigh
Bz3rk, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Mclawhorn, H.R., Davidson, James
Architectural Style:
Moderne
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Industry
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Raleigh Bonded Warehouse (added 2006 - - #06000790)
1505 Capital Blvd. , Raleigh
Nyttend, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Professional, Specialty Store, Warehouse
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Specialty Store, Warehouse
Raleigh Water Works and E.B. Bain Water Treatment Plant (added 1999 - - #99001452)
1810 Fayetteville Rd. , Raleigh
Jmturner, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Winslow, Arthur, Olsen, William C., et al.
Architectural Style:
Art Deco
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Architecture, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Water Works
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Raleigh, Sir Walter, Hotel (added 1978 - - #78001980)
400--412 Fayetteville St. , Raleigh
Jmturner, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Griffin,B.H., Salter,J.A.
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Rock Cliff Farm (added 2007 - - #07000879)
Also known as Wells, B.W. Farm
West end of Bent Rd. , Wake Forest
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Historic Significance:
Person
Historic Person:
Wells, Bertram Whittier
Area of Significance:
Literature, Conservation, Science
Period of Significance:
1950-1974
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Domestic, Funerary
Historic Sub-function:
Cemetery, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Funerary, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Cemetery
Tucker Carriage House (added 1975 - - #75001297)
100 block of St. Mary , Raleigh
Nicholas Oren Rawlings, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Percival,William
Architectural Style:
Queen Anne
Historic Person:
Tucker,Rufus Sylvester
Significant Year:
1890
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Varina Commercial Historic District (added 1990 - - #89002351)
Broad and Fayetteville Sts. between Stewart St. and Ransdell Rd. , Fuquay-Varina
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Transportation
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Department Store, Financial Institution, Hotel, Rail-Related
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Specialty Store
Walnut Hill Cotton Gin (added 1986 - - #86001631)
NC 2509 , Knightdale
Nicholas Oren Rawlings, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Historic Person:
Mial,Alonzo T.
Significant Year:
1935, 1845
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Engineering, Industry, Agriculture
Cultural Affiliation:
American,Idustry
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Walnut Hill Historic District (added 2000 - - #00001183)
Along Mial Plantation Rd., jct with Major Slade Rd. and Smithfield Rd. , Knightdale
Nicholas Oren Rawlings, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Walden, W.S.
Architectural Style:
Late Victorian, Gothic Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Agriculture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Education, Funerary, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Cemetery, Processing, Religious Structure, School, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Funerary, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Cemetery, Processing, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Wendell Commercial Historic District (added 1998 - - #98000947)
Roughly along jct. of Main St. and Third St. , Wendell
Nicholas Oren Rawlings, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Early Commercial
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Health Care, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Department Store, Financial Institution, Medical Business/Office, Rail-Related, Specialty Store, Storage
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Commerce/Trade, Health Care, Transportation, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Business, Medical Business/Office, Rail-Related, Specialty Store
White-Holman House (added 1971 - - #71000627)
New Bern Ave. , Raleigh
KudzuVine, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Historic Person:
White,William
Significant Year:
1798
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Wyatt, Leonidas R., House (added 1990 - - #90001030)
107 S Bloodworth St. , Raleigh
Mx. Granger, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Briggs,Thomas
Architectural Style:
Italianate
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Yates Mill (added 1970 - - #70000479)
Lake Wheeler Rd. , Raleigh
APK, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce, Industry
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
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