Old South Mebane Historic District (Boundary Increase)
Why it's listed
Old South Mebane is a compact residential district of about 103 acres lying just south of the downtown core of Mebane, North Carolina. Its grid of streets holds 255 contributing resources, most of them wood-frame houses of one and one-half to two stories, many with brick veneer. The houses were built mainly between about 1900 and 1961 and show the range of styles popular nationally during that span, interpreted locally. Notable examples include a ca. 1900 Queen Anne house at 413 South Fifth Street with a semi-hexagonal corner tower, and a ca. 1920 Dutch Colonial Revival house at 500 South Fifth Street. Craftsman bungalows, Cape Cods, Period Cottages and Minimal Traditional houses also appear throughout. Churches include the 1914 Mebane Presbyterian Church, a Gothic Revival building. The district is significant as a dense, largely intact example of the town's early twentieth-century residential growth.
Significance in brief: The district is nominated under Criterion C for architecture at the local level as a dense and intact concentration of mostly domestic buildings from the first half of the twentieth century in a Piedmont railroad community. It contains local interpretations of Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Craftsman, Period Cottage, Tudor Revival, Minimal Traditional and Ranch styles, along with vernacular houses and Gothic Revival and Colonial Revival churches.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF). NRHP reference 13000933, listed December 16, 2013. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-haiku-5-5, prompt v1.1-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | 400 blks. of W. Lee & W. McKinley Sts., 507 S. 4th St., 600-800 blks. of S. 5th St., Mebane |
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| County | Alamance County |
| Listed | December 16, 2013 |
| Reference number | 13000933 |
| Resource type | District |
| Period of significance | c. 1900-1961 |
| Architectural style | Queen Anne; Colonial Revival; Craftsman; Period Cottage; Minimal Traditional; Ranch; Gothic Revival; Tudor Revival; vernacular forms |
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| Areas of significance | Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Acreage | 58 |
| Coordinates | 36.08540, -79.32377 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
This is a historic district. Buildings within its boundary are either contributing (they add to the district's significance) or non-contributing. Owners of contributing income-producing buildings can claim the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit; homeowners should look at state credits. National Register districts impose no design review by themselves; a local historic district ordinance, if one exists, does (the difference explained).
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.
Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 13000933.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives)
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q17560736
- This listing as JSON
Last updated October 2026. Found an error? See the editorial policy for how to report it.