Wendell Commercial Historic District

{{short description|Historic district in North Carolina, United States}}

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{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Wendell Commercial Historic District

| nrhp_type = hd

| nocat = yes

| image = Bank of Wendell.jpg

| caption = The old Bank of Wendell building on the southeast corner of Main Street and Third

| location = Roughly along jct. of Main St. and Third St., Wendell, North Carolina

| coordinates = {{coord|35|46|52|N|78|22|15|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = North Carolina#USA

| built = 1906–1947

| architect =

| architecture = Early Commercial

| added = July 31, 1998

| area = {{convert|6|acre}}

| mpsub = {{NRHP url|id=64500376|title=Wake County MPS}}

| refnum = 98000947{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

}}

The Wendell Commercial Historic District is a national historic district encompassing the historic central business district of Wendell, North Carolina, a town in eastern Wake County. The district is notable for its intact collection of one- and two-story brick masonry commercial buildings executed in the vernacular style typical of eastern North Carolina communities in the first half of the twentieth century.{{cite web|last=Thomas|first=Beth|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form|url=https://files.nc.gov/ncdcr/nr/WA4065.pdf|accessdate=29 September 2012}} The roughly three-block district is bounded on the north by the 1906 Raleigh-Pamlico Railroad tracks, on the east by Pine Street, on the south by the rear property lines of the structures fronting Third Street, and on the west by the rear property lines of the buildings fronting Main Street. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in July 1998.