National Register of Historic Places

Cameron Park (Additional Documentation)

Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina
Listed
July 28, 1985
Type
District
Period
Listed
Ref No.
85001673

About this property

Cameron Park is a historic neighborhood just west of downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, one of three suburbs platted in the early 20th century. It’s one of Raleigh’s most affluent neighborhoods. Former Governor Roy Cooper has a home there as well as the state’s current governor Josh Stein and N.C. State’s chancellor Randy Woodson. Development began along Hillsborough Street and moved north; a streetcar line along Hillsborough made the location especially appealing and convenient. Cameron Park's developers used restrictive deed covenants that set minimum house prices, created setbacks from the street, and excluded African Americans from living in the neighborhood (except as live-in domestic employees). Advertisements for Cameron Park openly recruited socially ambitious upper-middle class residents to the neighborhood, and land and house values were significantly higher than those of other early suburbs. The neighborhood is architecturally varied, featuring Queen Anne and Colonial Revivals, large bungalows, and more eclectic styles like Georgian Revival, Tudor Revival, and Mission Revival. Despite the stylistic variety, houses were uniformly large and upscale for the era. Cameron Park was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985 as a national historic district. It encompasses 274 contributing buildings and was originally developed between about 1910 and 1935.

Location

Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina
35.78735, -78.65537

Categories

COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENTLANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURECOMMERCEARCHITECTURESOCIAL HISTORY
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Sources

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When was Cameron Park (Additional Documentation) listed on the National Register?

Cameron Park (Additional Documentation) was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 28, 1985.

What type of historic resource is Cameron Park (Additional Documentation)?

Cameron Park (Additional Documentation) is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

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