W. Stokes Boney House

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W. Stokes Boney House
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Location651 E. Southerland St.,
Wallace, North Carolina
Coordinates 34°44′31″N77°59′09″W / 34.74194°N 77.98583°W / 34.74194; -77.98583 Coordinates: 34°44′31″N77°59′09″W / 34.74194°N 77.98583°W / 34.74194; -77.98583
Area17.8 acres (7.2 ha)
Built1878 (1878)–1890;131 years ago (1890)
Built byW. Stokes Boney, George Blanton
Architectural styleGreek Revival
MPS Duplin County MPS
NRHP reference No. 99000812 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 8, 1999

W. Stokes Boney House is a historic house located at 651 East Southerland Street in Wallace, Duplin County, North Carolina. It is locally significant as a highly unusual two-story frame house notable for the eighteen-degree inward bend of the prominent side gabled main block.

Description and history

It was built between 1878 and 1890 by mill owner and farmer W. Stokes Boney, and is a two-story, Greek Revival style wood-frame dwelling with a side gable roof and 18 degree inward bend. The house features a full-width, double-tiered engaged porch. Also on the property are the contributing smokehouse (c. 1850) and grape arbor (1890). [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 8, 1999. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Emily Browder Lee (March 1999). "W. Stokes Boney House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-10-01.