The North Carolina State Capitol is the former seat of the legislature of the U.S. state of North Carolina which housed all of the state's government until 1888. The Supreme Court and State Library moved into a separate building in 1888, and the General Assembly moved into the State Legislative Building in 1963. Today, the governor and his immediate staff occupy offices on the first floor of the Capitol.
The Willis M. Graves House, also known as the Graves-Fields House and Oakcrest, is a historic home located on Oberlin Road in Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina. It was built about 1884 in the freedmen's village of Oberlin, and is a two-story, frame Queen Anne style dwelling. It has a projecting, two-story polygonal bay capped by a very large gable; one-story wraparound porch; and a projecting, two-story square tower with a pyramidal roof. It was built by Willis M. Graves, an African-American brick mason.
The Frank and Mary Smith House is a historic home located at 2935 John Adams Road in Willow Spring, Wake County, North Carolina, a suburb of Raleigh. The house was built about 1880, and is a two-story, three-bay, single-pile frame I-house with a central hall plan. It is sheathed in weatherboard, has a triple-A-roof, and a 1+1⁄2-story tall shed addition and gabled rear ell.
The Turner and Amelia Smith House is a historic home in Willow Spring, Wake County, North Carolina, a suburb of Raleigh. The house was built about 1880, and is a two-story, three-bay, single-pile frame I-house with a central hall plan. It is sheathed in weatherboard, has a triple-A-roof, and a tall shed addition and hip-roofed front porch.
The Hood–Anderson Farm is a historic home and farm and national historic district located at Eagle Rock, Wake County, North Carolina, a suburb of the state capital Raleigh. The main house was built about 1839, and is an example of transitional Federal / Greek Revival style I-house. It is two stories with a low-pitched hip roof and a rear two-story, hipped-roof ell. The front facade features a large, one-story porch, built in 1917, supported by Tuscan order columns. Also on the property are the contributing combined general store and post office (1854), a one-room dwelling, a two-room tenant/slave house, a barn (1912), a smokehouse, and several other outbuildings and sites including a family cemetery.
The Dr. Thomas H. Avera House is a historic house located at 6600 Robertson Pond Road near Wendell, Wake County, North Carolina.
The Green-Hartsfield House, also known as the Hartsfield House, is a historic home located near Rolesville, Wake County, North Carolina, a satellite town northeast of the state capital Raleigh. Built in 1805, the house is an example of Late Georgian / Early Federal style architecture. It is a two-story, three-bay, single pile, frame dwelling sheathed in weatherboard, with a two-story gable-roofed rear ell. A one-story rear shed addition was added in the 1940s. The house was restored between 1985 and 1987. Also on the property is a contributing frame barn.
The Heartsfield–Perry Farm is a historic home and farm located at Rolesville, Wake County, North Carolina, a satellite town of the state capital Raleigh. The original one-room house was built in the 1790s, with a Greek Revival style update made about 1840. It is a two-story house with two-story rear ell and one-story rear shed addition. It features a double-tier Greek-Revival-style—porch and low hipped roof. The interior of the house retains some Federal style design elements. Also on the property are the contributing detached kitchen, smokehouse / woodshed, privy, doctor's office, mule barn, pack house, horse barn, feed barn, two tobacco barns, the family cemetery, and the agricultural landscape.
Utley-Council House is a historic home located near Apex, Wake County, North Carolina. It was built about 1820, and is an asymmetrical, two-story, three-bay, frame Federal period dwelling. It has a hall-and-parlor plan. Also on the property is a contributing mortise-and-tenon smokehouse.
The Midway Plantation House and Outbuildings are a set of historic buildings constructed in the mid-19th century in present-day Knightdale, Wake County, North Carolina, as part of a forced-labor farm.
Powell–Brookshire–Parker Farm, also known as Summer Duck Farm, is a historic farm complex and national historic district located near Ellerbe, Richmond County, North Carolina. The main house, known as The Brookshire House, was built about 1870, and is a 1 1/2-story, rectangular, frame dwelling with a side gable roof. It has Greek Revival and Late Victorian style design elements. Also on the property are the contributing two dependencies (1940s), flowerhouse, corncrib and guano house, barn, watering trough, hog butchering scaffold, stock and hay barn (1937), gate, and the Powell–Brookshire Cemetery.
The Williams–Powell House is a historic plantation house located at Orrum, Robeson County, North Carolina. It was built about 1830, and is a two-story, frame dwelling with a rear kitchen ell, in a transitional Federal / Greek Revival style. It has a gable roof and flanking exterior end chimneys. The front facade features a free-standing two-story portico, which shelters the first and second story porches.
Calvin Wray Lawrence House is a historic home located near Apex, Wake County, North Carolina. The house was built about 1890, and is a two-story, three-bay, single-pile frame I-house with a central hall plan. It has a triple-A-roof; full-width, hip-roof front porch; and a two-story addition and two-story gabled rear ell. Also on the property are the contributing well house, outhouse, and storage barn.
White-Holman House is a historic home located at Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina. It was built about 1798, and is a two-story, three-bay, frame dwelling with a two-story wing and one-story rear shed addition. It is sheathed in weatherboard and has a side-hall plan. It was built by William White (1762–1811), North Carolina Secretary of State, 1798–1811. The house was moved to its present location in April 1986.
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 and doctor's office.
Wakefields, also known as Home Acres, is a historic plantation house located near Wake Forest, Wake County, North Carolina. It was built about 1831, and is a two-story, five bay by two bay, transitional Federal / Greek Revival-style frame dwelling. Two earlier sections are attached to the rear of the main block. The front facade features a central two-tier portico supported by Doric order columns. Also on the property is a dwelling dating to the 18th century and a slave house / chicken coop.
Thompson House, also known as the William Thompson House, is a historic plantation house located near Wake Forest, Wake County, North Carolina. It was built about 1853, and is a two-story, three-bay Greek Revival-style frame dwelling. It is sheathed in weatherboard, sits on a fieldstone foundation, and has four brick chimneys, two on each side. Also on the property is a contributing 1+1⁄2-story barn. The house and barn were moved to its present location in 2004.
Wake Forest Historic District is a national historic district located at Wake Forest, Wake County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 245 contributing buildings, one contributing site, and five contributing structures built between about 1890 and 1953 and located in the historic core of the town of Wake Forest. It includes notable examples of Greek Revival and Federal style architecture. Located in the district are the separately listed Lea Laboratory, South Brick House, and the Powell-White House, a contributing resource in the Glen Royall Mill Village Historic District. Other notable buildings include the historic campus of Wake Forest College, Wake Forest Baptist Church (1913), Magnolia Hill (1928), Calvin Jones House, John M. Brewer House, Wait-Taylor House (1843), Taylor-Purefoy-Poteat-Swett House, Community House, St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church, the Powers Store (1897), and former Water and Light Building (1909).
Glen Royall Mill Village Historic District is a historic mill town and national historic district located at Wake Forest, Wake County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 82 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site built between about 1900 and 1949 and located in a residential section of the town of Wake Forest. It includes notable examples of Bungalow / American Craftsman style architecture. Located in the district is the separately listed Royall Cotton Mill Commissary. Other notable buildings include the Royall Cotton Mill (1899-1900), the Powell-White House (1909-1910), and pyramidal cottages, triple-A cottages, and shotgun houses.
Green Duke House is a historic plantation house located at Soul City, near Manson, Warren County, North Carolina. It was built about 1800 as a Georgian style dwelling, and remodeled in the post-Victorian style about 1900. It is a two-story, five-bay, frame dwelling with a hipped roof. The front and rear facades feature one-story porches with elaborate Ionic order columns. At the time of its listing, the house was being used as a day care center.
