Apex Historic District (Boundary Increase II)

Forty-three buildings on the northern, southern, eastern and western edges of the Apex Historic District in Wake County, North Carolina, make up this boundary increase. Most are one-story houses built between about 1900 and 1959, with forty residential buildings and three commercial buildings. The houses include Craftsman bungalows, Queen Anne houses, triple-A I-houses, Minimal Traditional cottages and Ranch houses, most with garages or carports added for automobiles. The area is significant for its record of how Apex grew from a railroad-based town into one organized around the car after World War II. Two of the three commercial buildings historically served automobiles, including a 1947 gas and auto service station at West Williams Street and South Salem Street. Many houses use asbestos shingle, Masonite, aluminum siding and concrete block, materials that were popular nationally in the period. Six of the forty-three buildings are non-contributing, and eight vacant lots are included in the boundary.