The Utility Service Agency is located at 501 North Main Street in the Historic District of Wake Forest, North Carolina. The building was constructed in 1905 on what was called “Faculty Row” associated with Wake Forest College. It was built by A. Jack Medlin and served as a general store and post office. The structure was later used as a bus stop and diner. North Main Street was also US1, and as cars became common and more people traveled from New England to Florida, the Old Medlin store put in gas pumps. Neighbors objected to having a filling station in the area, and the building became the State of North Carolina’s first zoning test. The store owners were denied the right to sell gasoline.

After the college moved to Winston-Salem, the building served as an apartment to young married couples and gradually declined. The Cooke family purchased the structure in 1981 and returned it to its original use as a commercial building. The property has housed the Utility Service Agency since that time.

For over twenty five years the office has been the start point of the Children’s Parade at the Town of Wake Forest’s annual Fourth of July celebration.

This year there were 3,000 spectators and participants on hand.