Wake Forest Historic Property Handbook & Design - 2021

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Wake Forest Local Historic District TheWake Forest Local Historic District was originally designated as a local historic district under the Historic Preservation Ordinance in 1979. Any exterior work in this district requires an ap- proved COA from the HPC. It is comprised of properties along North Main Street, North Avenue, and South Avenue. Historically known as faculty row, North Main Street makes up the majority of the local historic district. It is a remarkably intact collection of 19th and early 20th century ar- chitecture surrounding the historicWake Forest College Campus (now Southeastern Theological Baptist Seminary). Architectural influences found in the historic district include a vernacular Federal-style home, Greek Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne, Neoclassical Revival or Southern ColonialRevival,ColonialRevival,Commercial,Ranch, andCapeCodspanning from1820–1956.

Simmons-Allen House, ca. 1883. Wake Forest Local Historic District.

Powers-Arrington House, 1910. Wake Forest Local Historic District.

Lanneau House, ca. 1900. Wake Forest Local Historic District.

Royal House, 1875, 1920s. Wake Forest Local Historic District.

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