Wake County Architectural Survey Update Phase V: Long- and Short-Range Urban Service Areas of the Towns of Knightdale, Rolesville, Wendell, and Zebulon and the contiguous Little River Water Supply Watershed of Eastern Wake County

Destefano, Jaime

Introduction: "In 2019, Wake County received a Historic Preservation Fund (HPF) grant from the North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office (NC HPO) for the completion of a historic resources survey update of resources in the Long- and Short-Range Urban Service Areas of the Towns of Knightdale, Rolesville, Wendell, and Zebulon and the contiguous Little River Water Supply Watershed of Eastern Wake County. This survey is Phase V of a multi-phase project to survey the entire area within the jurisdiction of the Wake County Historic Preservation Commission (HPC). Throughout the months of May to August 2019, Jaime Destefano of JLD Preservation Consulting, LLC conducted all scopes of work toward the completion of the survey update and the preparation of this report. Gary Roth, staff for the HPC; Michelle Patterson-McCabe, Grants Coordinator for NC HPO; and Elizabeth King, Architectural Survey Coordinator for NC HPO supervised the project. The Phase V survey area was initially documented between 1988 and 1991 as part of a comprehensive, county-wide survey project conducted by Kelly Lally. The 1988-1991 survey resulted in the preparation of approximately 200 individual survey files within the Phase V survey area. Subsequent surveys resulted in the update of existing records, as well as the documentation of approximately 50 additional resources. The primary objective of the Phase V Survey Update was to update and expand the existing survey file records, to add significant or representative properties constructed prior to 1970, and to discuss apparent changes to the historic built environment of the survey area. This report summarizes the findings of the survey update, which documented approximately 245 previously recorded properties and 38 newly surveyed historic resources within the project area. The update will support future planning efforts and identify resources potentially eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) or Wake County Landmark designation. The Long- and Short-Range Urban Service Areas of the Towns of Knightdale, Rolesville, Wendell, and Zebulon and the contiguous Little River Water Supply Watershed include areas of eastern Wake County that lie outside the immediate extra-territorial jurisdiction of the four municipalities. The municipalities Knightdale, Wendell, and Rolesville were surveyed by hmv Preservation in 2016. Zebulon was surveyed by New South Associates in 2018 as Phase IV of the Wake County Architectural Survey Update. The present Phase V study area completes the survey update of the eastern portion of the county." Project funding was provided in part by a Historic Preservation Fund grant to the North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office, Office of Archives and History, Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, administered by the State, Tribal, Local Plans and Grants division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior (grant number P18AF00042).

Wake County Architectural Survey Update Phase V: Long- and Short-Range Urban Service Areas of the Towns of Knightdale, Rolesville, Wendell, and Zebulon and the contiguous Little River Water Supply Watershed of Eastern Wake County

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