Poteat House

Poteat House

Poteat House, HABS Photo, 1938
Location N of Yanceyville on NC 62, near Yanceyville, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°25′11″N 79°18′37″W / 36.41972°N 79.31028°W / 36.41972; -79.31028Coordinates: 36°25′11″N 79°18′37″W / 36.41972°N 79.31028°W / 36.41972; -79.31028
Area 619.9 acres (250.9 ha)
Built 1855 (1855)-1856, 1928-1929
Architectural style Greek Revival
NRHP Reference # 79001688[1]
Added to NRHP October 24, 1979

Poteat House, also known as Forest Home, is a historic plantation house located near Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina. It was built in 1855–1856, and consists of a two-story main block, three bays wide, with flanking one-story wings in the Greek Revival style. It has a center hall plan and was restored in 1928–1929 by Helen Poteat and her husband, author and playwright Laurence Stallings. It features a reconstructed double pedimented portico supported by four plain Roman Doric order columns. Also on the property is a contributing small slave cabin.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. David W. Parham and Joe Mobley (June 1979). "Poteat House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.


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