Erlanger Mill Village Historic District

Erlanger Mill Village Historic District is a national historic district located at Lexington, Davidson County, North Carolina, USA. The district encompasses 282 contributing buildings and 7 contributing structures in a predominantly residential section of Lexington. The mill village dwellings were built between about 1916 and 1929 and include notable examples of Bungalow / American Craftsman style architecture. The dwellings were constructed by the Erlanger Mill Company as worker's housing and in a subdivision designed by noted landscape architect Earle Sumner Draper (1893–1994). The mill itself is a complex of one- and two-story mill buildings constructed from 1913 through the 1960s. Also located in the district are the Erlanger Baptist Church (1936) and Erlanger Graded School (c. 1920).[2]

Erlanger Mill Village Historic District
Erlanger Mill Village Historic District is located in North Carolina
Erlanger Mill Village Historic District
Erlanger Mill Village Historic District is located in the United States
Erlanger Mill Village Historic District
LocationRoughly bounded by Winston Rd., Short, 7th, Hames, Second Rainbow, Park Circle, & Olympia Sts., Lexington, North Carolina
Coordinates35°50′23″N 80°15′20″W / 35.83972°N 80.25556°W / 35.83972; -80.25556
Area85 acres (34 ha)
Built1913 (1913)
ArchitectDraper, Earle Sumner
Architectural styleBungalow/craftsman, Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.07001371[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 9, 2008
Erlanger Mill Village Historic District, Lexington, North Carolina

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

See also

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Heather Fearnbach (February 2007). "Erlanger Mill Village Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved October 1, 2014.