Historic Oakwood

Historic Oakwood is a neighborhood in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, United States, on the National Register of Historic Places, and known for its Historic Oakwood Cemetery, its many Victorian houses and its location close to the Mordecai Plantation Manor. Located near the State Capitol and St. Augustine's Chapel, during the 19th century Historic Oakwood was home to prominent members of Raleigh's society. It is North Carolina's largest, intact 19th Century residential neighborhood^[2] and Raleigh's earliest white middle-class suburb. Unlike later suburbs, it developed lot-by-lot over time, instead of by platted sections. Its Victorian-era architectural styles include Second Empire, Queen Anne, and Italianate. Later infill brought the bungalow, the American Foursquare, American Craftsman style, and the Minimal Traditional house to the area.^[3][4][5][6]

Oakwood Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Oakwood Confederate Cemetery
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Location	Roughly bounded by N. Boundary, Person, Jones, and Linden Sts., and Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°47′04″N 78°37′24″W
Area	190 acres (77 ha)
Architect	Briggs, T.H; Et al.
Architectural style	Second Empire, Queen Anne, Classical Revival
NRHP reference No.	74001380[1] (original) 87001787 (increase 1) 87002235 (increase 2) 88003044 (increase 3)
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	June 25, 1974
Boundary increases	October 21, 1987 January 6, 1988 January 9, 1989

Oakwood is also known for its Christmas Candlelight Tour, which opens private historic residences to the public, and the Garden Tour, which allows the public to see the vast gardens worked on by the Oakwood Gardening Club.^[7]

Oakwood was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974, with additions made in 1987, 1988, and 1989.^[1] It is also one of six local historic overlay districts (HOD). Several Oakwood residences are also individually recognized as Local Historic Landmarks.

Gallery

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  corner of Person St and Jones St

See also

• Neuse River
• Mordecai House
• Battle of Morrisville
• Historic Oakwood Cemetery

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Historic Oakwood". Historic Oakwood. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
3. Survey and Planning Unit Staff (May 1974). "Oakwood Historic District" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
4. David R. Black (June 1987). "Linden Avenue Amendment to Oakwood Historic District" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
5. Allison H. and David R. Black (May 1988). "Oakwood North Amendment to Oakwood Historic District" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
6. David R. Black (August 1987). "Oakwood South Amendment to Oakwood Historic District" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
7. "Welcome". The Society for the Preservation of Historic Oakwood.

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External links

• Oakwood Historic Overlay District, RHDC
• National Register Historic Districts in Raleigh, North Carolina, RHDC
• Historic Oakwood

1. Raleigh Historic Districts Commission-Oakwood