Green Level, Wake County, North Carolina

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "For". Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Green Level is an unincorporated community in southwestern Wake County, North Carolina, United States.[1] It was founded c. Template:TrimScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". and is one of the best preserved crossroads communities in the county.[1] Although historically connected to the town of Apex, Green Level now lies within the municipal jurisdiction of the town of Cary.[2]

History

The community started as a crossroads along the stage route between Raleigh and Pittsboro in the first half of the 19th century.[3] It formed where the stage route crossed the Holly Springs to Hillsborough Road.[1] The community was literally named because it was "green" and "level".[1] Green Level was a resting spot for the stagecoach and also became a social and commercial hub for people who lived several miles out in the surrounding countryside.[1] Families living in the area included Council, Ferrell, Mills, Upchurch, Utley, and Yates.[1]

A post office was established in Green Level in 1847. Its postmasters included Thomas S. Johnson, Sidney W. Mitchell, Golden H. Upchurch, James H. Upchurch, and Thomas J. Utley.[1] Its post office closed in 1888.[1]

Green Level started growing after the Civil War and included a Baptist church, two grist and sawmills, a Masonic Lodge (founded in 1867), two schools, and seven stores by the early 1870s.[3][1] The church was founded in 1870 by Rev. Matthew Ferrell and was originally known as the Providence Baptist Church but was later renamed Green Level Baptist Church in 1871.[1]

Green Level continued to function as a commercial center through the early 20th century, important to the local bright-leaf tobacco farmers.[3] This tobacco was a lucrative cash crop that grew especially well in Western Wake County because of its rich Triassic soils.[1] However, with the arrival of the railroad and the automobile, the stage route and local community center was no longer as significant.[1] Although Green Level began declining in the mid-20th century, its church and Masonic Lodge continued to be active.[1] In the later part of the 20th century, the community became part of in an area of Wake County that was suburbanizing with commuters.[1]

Green Level Historic District

The core of the community was designated the Green Level Historic District in 2001.[2][3] This national historic district encompasses some Script error: No such module "convert".that includes 31 contributing buildings, one contributing site and four contributing structures in the crossroads community of Green Level.[1][2] It also includes a cemetery.[1] Its boundaries are the intersection of Green Level Church Road and Green Level West Road, and Green Level Church Road north for approximately Script error: No such module "convert"..[2]

The district developed sometime during the period between roughly 1890 and 1945 and includes notable examples of Colonial Revival and Gothic Revival, style architecture.[2] One of the central buildings of the community is Green Level Baptist Church (1907), located near the crossroads of Green Level Church Road and Green Level West Road.[1] It features Gothic Revival details and is one of the best-preserved country churches in Wake County.[1]

Other notable buildings include the Green Level Community Store (1945), A. C. and Helon Council House (late 19th century), the Vick and Mattie Council House. (c. Template:TrimScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".), and the Alious H. and Daisey Mills Farm and Store (1916).[1] The historic district also includes the. M. and Vallaria Council Farm, a well-preserved tobacco farm complex.[1] Its National Register application form notes, "The district as a whole remains remarkably intact, retaining integrity of setting, location, design, materials, feeling, and association."[1]

References

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External links

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