Poteat House | |
![]() Poteat House, HABS Photo, 1938 | |
Location | N of Yanceyville on NC 62, near Yanceyville, North Carolina |
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Coordinates | 36°25′11″N 79°18′37″W / 36.41972°N 79.31028°W |
Area | 619.9 acres (250.9 ha) |
Built | 1855 | -1856, 1928-1929
Architectural style | Greek Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 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 cabin used by enslaved people. [2] The house was the birthplace of painter Ida Isabella Poteat. [3]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. [1]
Poteat House | |
![]() Poteat House, HABS Photo, 1938 | |
Location | N of Yanceyville on NC 62, near Yanceyville, North Carolina |
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Coordinates | 36°25′11″N 79°18′37″W / 36.41972°N 79.31028°W |
Area | 619.9 acres (250.9 ha) |
Built | 1855 | -1856, 1928-1929
Architectural style | Greek Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 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 cabin used by enslaved people. [2] The house was the birthplace of painter Ida Isabella Poteat. [3]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. [1]