The Glen Royall Mill Village, established in 1899-1900, was a self-contained community built around the Royall Cotton Mill in Wake Forest, North Carolina. This historic district encompasses approximately 45 acres and includes 82 contributing buildings. It is "roughly bounded by N. Main St., E. Cedar Ave., CSX RR, and Royall Cotton Mill, Wake Forest, North Carolina" according to Wikipedia. Glen Royall Cotton Mill image at Wake Forest Museum The village is significant today for its status on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). It was awarded its status in 1999. It is recognized as the only surviving mill village in Wake County outside of Raleigh.  Glen Royall fared much better than the last NRHP location that I wrote about. Unlike the defunct historic Maiden Lane neighborhood across from the NC State University campus that is replaced by apartments and parking lots, you can still walk the streets of Glen Royall Mill Village. This village is a reminder of an import...