Mordecai Zachary House

Mordecai Zachary House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Mordecai Zachary (Zachary-Tolbert) House
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Location	NC 107, 0.2 miles S of NC 1107, Cashiers, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°5′28″N83°4′51″W / 35.09111°N 83.08083°W / 35.09111; -83.08083
Area	5.2 acres (2.1 ha)
Built	1850 (1850)-1852
Built by	Zachary, Mordecai
Architectural style	Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.	98001575 [1]
Added to NRHP	December 31, 1998

The Zachary-Tolbert House, also known as the Mordecai Zachary House, ^[2] is a restored pre-American Civil War house located at Cashiers, Jackson County, North Carolina. The house was built between 1850 and 1852, and is a two-story, five bay Greek Revival style frame dwelling. It has a low hipped roof and central front, two-story, portico. A frame two-room kitchen was added to the rear elevation and was connected to the house by a covered breezeway in the 1920s. ^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in December 1998. ^[1]

The house is owned by the Cashiers Historical Society and operated as a historic house museum that features a collection of hand-crafted ‘plain-style’ furniture. ^{[4] [5]}

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Jackson County, North Carolina

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Cashiers NC History: David Mordecai Zachary". Laurel Magazine. December 30, 2011. Retrieved December 7, 2014.
3. Ellen Pratt Harris and Jane G. Nardy (August 1998). "Mordecai Zachary House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved January 1, 2015.
4. "Zachary-Tolbert House". Blue Ridge National Heritage Area. Retrieved December 7, 2014.
5. "Plain-Style Furniture". The Laurel Magazine. Retrieved June 9, 2018.

External links

• Zachary-Tolbert House - Cashiers Historical Society