Roughly bounded by NC 1003, NC 1411, NC 1414, and Town Creek, Wilson, North Carolina. County/parish: Wilson.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places August 29, 1986. NRIS 86001656.
Part of Wilson MRA (NRIS 64000470).
117 contributing buildings. 2 contributing structures.
Upper Town Creek Rural Historic District is a national historic district located near Wilson, in Edgecombe and Wilson County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 117 contributing buildings and 2 contributing structures on four contiguous farms near Wilson. The main plantation house on each farm are the Federal-style W. D. Petway House (c. 1820); the Greek Revival house built for Colonel David Williams (c. 1845-1860); the house built for Cally S. Braswell ("Hawthorne"; c. 1855); and the board and batten Gothic Revival Jesse Norris House (c. 1845-1860). The remaining contributing building and structures include packhouses, tobacco barns, tenant houses, and other agricultural outbuildings.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718751