Powe House | |
![]() Front and eastern side, following extensive modifications | |
Location | 1503 W. Pettigrew St., Durham, North Carolina |
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Coordinates | 36°0′18″N78°55′11″W / 36.00500°N 78.91972°W Coordinates: 36°0′18″N78°55′11″W / 36.00500°N 78.91972°W |
Area | 1.2 acres (0.49 ha) |
Built | 1900 |
Architectural style | Classical Revival, Gothic |
MPS | Durham MRA |
NRHP reference # | 85001780 [1] |
Added to NRHP | August 9, 1985 |
Powe House is a historic home located at Durham, Durham County, North Carolina. It was built in 1900, and is a two-story, Neoclassical style frame dwelling with a large hip-roofed core and pedimented wings. When built, it featured a one-story wraparound porch and an overlapping two-story portico at the central entrance bay. [2]
Durham (/ˈdʌrəm/) is a city in and the county seat of Durham County in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Small portions of the city limits extend into Orange County and Wake County. The U.S. Census Bureau estimated the city's population to be 251,893 as of July 1, 2014, making it the 4th-most populous city in North Carolina, and the 79th-most populous city in the United States. The city is located in the east-central part of the Piedmont region along the Eno River. Durham is the core of the four-county Durham-Chapel Hill Metropolitan Area, which has a population of 542,710 as of U.S. Census 2014 Population Estimates. The US Office of Management and Budget also includes Durham as a part of the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Combined Statistical Area, commonly known as the Research Triangle, which has a population of 2,037,430 as of U.S. Census 2014 Population Estimates.
Durham County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2010 census, the population was 267,587, making it the sixth-most populous county in North Carolina. Its county seat is Durham.
Neoclassical architecture is an architectural style produced by the neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century. In its purest form, it is a style principally derived from the architecture of classical antiquity, the Vitruvian principles, and the work of the Italian architect Andrea Palladio.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [1]
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred in preserving the property.
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Bartlett Mangum House, also known as Clair's Cafe, is a historic home located at Durham, Durham County, North Carolina. It was built in 1908, and is a 2 1/2-story, Classical Revival style frame dwelling. It consists of the main block, three bays wide and two bays deep, with projecting polygonal side bays and a one-story rear ell. It features a high hipped roof, projecting gabled dormers and tall chimneys, and a two-tier portico carried by massive stuccoed Doric order columns. After ceasing residential usage in the 1960s, the building has housed a church, a retail clothes store, and restaurant.
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