The Carrboro Historic District, north of downtown, contains the distinctive architecture of the approximately 150 mill houses built by Lloyd and Carr for the mill workers at the Alberta Cotton Mill and their families. Many of these homes have since been razed, but numerous others have been restored; a number of these homes, centered on West Poplar and Sykes streets, are occupied by students at the nearby University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and are used as venues for independent live music.