Powe House

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Powe House
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Front and eastern side, following extensive modifications
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Location1503 W. Pettigrew St., Durham, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°0′18″N78°55′11″W / 36.00500°N 78.91972°W / 36.00500; -78.91972 Coordinates: 36°0′18″N78°55′11″W / 36.00500°N 78.91972°W / 36.00500; -78.91972
Area1.2 acres (0.49 ha)
Built1900 (1900)
Architectural styleClassical Revival, Gothic
MPS Durham MRA
NRHP reference # 85001780 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 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, North Carolina City in North Carolina, United States

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.

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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
  2. Claudia Roberts Brown (June 1984). "Powe House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-10-01.