Purefoy-Chappell House and Outbuildings

Purefoy-Chappell House and Outbuildings
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Purefoy-Chappell House, September 2013
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Location	1255 S. Main St., Wake Forest, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°57′43″N78°31′5″W / 35.96194°N 78.51806°W / 35.96194; -78.51806
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	c. 1838 (1838), c. 1862, c. 1895
Architectural style	Greek Revival, one-room house
MPS	Wake County MPS
NRHP reference No.	08001016 [1]
Added to NRHP	October 22, 2008

Purefoy-Chappell House and Outbuildings is a historic home located at Wake Forest, Wake County, North Carolina. The house consists of four major sections: a 1+1⁄2-story, side-gable, single-pile main block with rear shed wing built about 1838; a two-story, side-gable, single-pile addition built about 1895 with vernacular Greek Revival-stylistic influences; a two-room side-gable kitchen / dining building dating to about 1838 that was connected to the main block and the addition by a one-story hyphen containing a modern kitchen added in 1974. Also on the property are the contributing smokehouse (c. 1838, c. 1900) and doctor's office (c. 1862). ^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. ^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Nancy Van Dolsen (January 2008). "Purefoy-Chappell House and Outbuildings" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved June 1, 2015.