Pics of Louisburg (Raleigh, Clayton, Nashville: real estate, for sale, travel)

[architect77]

Just wanted to post a few pics of my hometown of Louisburg, including the Episcopal Church that I attended while growing up.

I realize that new homes in new home communities seem to be what most of you are looking for and that you want to be located immediately adjacent to the city limits of Raleigh. However, after reading of 60 minute commutes from Clayton to RTP for example, I think the drive from Louisburg to Raleigh, especially North Raleigh might be considerably faster (35 min. to the US1/401 split, 20-25 min. to I540)

Louisburg is definitely not a "Starbucks" kinda place (yet), but possibly might offer some of you an authentic North Carolina setting in which to call home.





The beginning of Louisburg College in 1779


Louisburg College-"Main" building

Monument on Main St


Dozens if not hundreds of homes resemble these:




Laurel Mill 15 miles to the northeast...featured in the opening of the late Charles Kuralt's former show on the Travel Channel. The rural middle school I attended required a bus ride past the working grist mill twice each day.


Thanks for listening!

[mtyler]

What a lovely town! Now this is what Southern charm looks like! Thanks for the pictures.......

[MAtoNC!]

Beautiful!

[Lizardlips]

Wonderful. Those pictures are just wonderful. Thanks for sharing. Makes me want to make a mint julip!!

[southward bound]

I like Louisburg. Would not have minded buying there (we did look) but we needed to be a little closer to elderly parents so, as it turned out, we settled about 15 minutes from there. Thanks for the pictures. I enjoyed them. Is the grist mill still there? Lovely shot. I'd like to take a ride out to see the place and maybe take a few of my own photos!

[PDXmom]

What is up with you guys tempting me with Louisburg?

A few months back I saw a WONDERFUL old house online that had a Louisburg address and it was pretty darn cheap. But I realized it's further from an urban core than we wanted. And then last month someone posted some photos of historic homes for sale in Louisberg. Tempting me again!!!
AND NOW YOU are putting those Norman Rockwell photos up here dangling the carrot in front of me one more time. LOL!

Maybe if I win the lottery I'll buy my country house there. It is really lovely. And I personally think Starbucks would ruin the place.

Thank you for posting the beautiful photos and making me second guess my self one more time. LOL!

Edited...
Ok.. I just did another real estate search for Louisburg... gees those are some beautiful old houses. And so cheap!!

So what's is like owning a 100 year old house in NC? I own a 90 year old house in Portland. But NC has alot more bugs that eat homes than Portland. Anyone with experience owning old ( I mean 100 years plus) in NC?

Architect77 has me pondering Louisburg again. I think I definately have to take a drive through when I visit in May.

[vetegnc]

MMMMmmmm....I don't mean to rock the boat...we have lived (just moved) in Nashville, which is 30 minutes from Louisburg. Went there for friend's house, great mexican restaurant (now closed) and...oh, other things I can't remember.
But I wouldn't live there. Maybe it's changing, but known as a pretty economically depressed area (that's why housing is so cheap), and NOT a good place to raise children. I have a friend that lives there currently, who like architect, is diehard louisburg fan...and she says there's no way she'd raise children there.
It does have beauty to it though! Just a warning to anyone with kids, look into it first.....retirees....it's perfect!

[architect77]

Originally Posted by vetegnc

MMMMmmmm....I don't mean to rock the boat...we have lived (just moved) in Nashville, which is 30 minutes from Louisburg. Went there for friend's house, great mexican restaurant (now closed) and...oh, other things I can't remember.
But I wouldn't live there. Maybe it's changing, but known as a pretty economically depressed area (that's why housing is so cheap), and NOT a good place to raise children. I have a friend that lives there currently, who like architect, is diehard louisburg fan...and she says there's no way she'd raise children there.
It does have beauty to it though! Just a warning to anyone with kids, look into it first.....retirees....it's perfect!

This is "Architect77" and I absolutely agree with you about Louisburg and everything you said about it. Hopefully Raleigh's relentless spread will eventually result in a better Louisburg. I only create posts about Louisburg for the following reasons:

1) I am saddened by the popularity of all of the tract-style development that newcomers choose for their "North Carolina experience". These developments are "alien beasts" on the North Carolina landscape and have never even existed anywhere in NC until the last 10 years. It's hard for me to imagine any NC native living in one of these cramped tree-less neighborhoods.

2) Though it seems a world away, Louisburg's very close proximity to Raleigh practically insures a future filled with great things for the small town.

3) Franklin County is the last of the surrounding counties that has yet to surrender to the bulldozers, but does anyone believe that they are not coming? Maybe someone can benefit from all of the cheap land available now, and reap the rewards of more ammenities and better schools in the near future.

4) If I enjoyed a rural setting and lived down there, personally I would buy some land in southern Franklin County along US401, because it's amazing how being located just a few miles south of Louisburg can shave so much time off the drive into Raleigh. Until the last 7 years or so, Rolesville was so isolated that it only served as the halfway point between Louisburg and Raleigh. My brother built a house in Rolesville in a little neighborhood called "Catlette Farms" which is about 2 miles east of the main intersection of downtown Rolesville. Each lot looks to me like about 2 or 3 acres. I wonder what that would cost today? (He built 15 years ago)

5)So everyone- Louisburg/southern Franklin county...yes, it's rural, poor, backwards now....but the NCDOT is definitely continuing its plans to widen US401 into a 4 lane divided highway all the way to L'burg. The next segment begins this year from Mitchell Mill road to Rolesville town limits. Then a bypass will go around Rolesville all the way to L'burg. You've been warned!

P.S. While I didn't come from money, in Louisburg I grew up with very wealthy friends, most of whom attended prep schools in Virginia including VES, Woodbury Forest and Episcopal High School. One friend today is a Hollywood producer, and his grandfather was once president of Coca Cola in Atlanta. Another friend's uncle hosted President Bush in 2004 in Raleigh for a $25,000 per plate fundraising luncheon. Ever heard of the "Cliff Benson Beltline" in Raleigh? Mrs. Benson is from Louisburg.

[southward bound]

Originally Posted by architect77

This is "Architect77" and I absolutely agree with you about Louisburg and everything you said about it. Hopefully Raleigh's relentless spread will eventually result in a better Louisburg. I only create posts about Louisburg for the following reasons:

1) I am saddened by the popularity of all of the tract-style development that newcomers choose for their "North Carolina experience". These developments are "alien beasts" on the North Carolina landscape and have never even existed anywhere in NC until the last 10 years. It's hard for me to imagine any NC native living in one of these cramped tree-less neighborhoods.

2) Though it seems a world away, Louisburg's very close proximity to Raleigh practically insures a future filled with great things for the small town.

3) Franklin County is the last of the surrounding counties that has yet to surrender to the bulldozers, but does anyone believe that they are not coming? Maybe someone can benefit from all of the cheap land available now, and reap the rewards of more ammenities and better schools in the near future.

4) If I enjoyed a rural setting and lived down there, personally I would buy some land in southern Franklin County along US401, because it's amazing how being located just a few miles south of Louisburg can shave so much time off the drive into Raleigh. Until the last 7 years or so, Rolesville was so isolated that it only served as the halfway point between Louisburg and Raleigh. My brother built a house in Rolesville in a little neighborhood called "Catlette Farms" which is about 2 miles east of the main intersection of downtown Rolesville. Each lot looks to me like about 2 or 3 acres. I wonder what that would cost today? (He built 15 years ago)

5)So everyone- Louisburg/southern Franklin county...yes, it's rural, poor, backwards now....but the NCDOT is definitely continuing its plans to widen US401 into a 4 lane divided highway all the way to L'burg. The next segment begins this year from Mitchell Mill road to Rolesville town limits. Then a bypass will go around Rolesville all the way to L'burg. You've been warned!

P.S. While I didn't come from money, in Louisburg I grew up with very wealthy friends, most of whom attended prep schools in Virginia including VES, Woodbury Forest and Episcopal High School. One friend today is a Hollywood producer, and his grandfather was once president of Coca Cola in Atlanta. Another friend's uncle hosted President Bush in 2004 in Raleigh for a $25,000 per plate fundraising luncheon. Ever heard of the "Cliff Benson Beltline" in Raleigh? Mrs. Benson is from Louisburg.

Wow. Thank you so much for that post! Good information. (Plus it's good to know we DID buy in a good area, just 1.5 miles off of 401, between 96 and 98) I really like Rolesville. It's a charming sleepy little town that is waking up and I just hope that the development that takes place doesn't ruin it.

[canine7]

their is some crazy ceap land there on fmrealty.com,by a lake-their must be a catch.
Do you know anything about that lake area?