Isaac M. Powers House

Isaac M. Powers House
Location NC 1154, 0.8 miles (1.3 km) south of the junction of NC 1154 and NC 4, near Wallace, North Carolina
Coordinates 34°44′1″N 78°2′1″W / 34.73361°N 78.03361°W / 34.73361; -78.03361Coordinates: 34°44′1″N 78°2′1″W / 34.73361°N 78.03361°W / 34.73361; -78.03361
Area 3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built c. 1878 (1878)
Built by Isaac Murray Powers
Architectural style Greek Revival
MPS Duplin County MPS
NRHP Reference # 99000461[1]
Added to NRHP April 15, 1999

Isaac M. Powers House is a historic home located at Wallace, Duplin County, North Carolina. It was built about 1878, and is a one-story, single pile, three bay, frame dwelling with Greek Revival style design elements. A former rear ell was destroyed by fire in 1979. Also on the property are the contributing smokehouse. It was the home of Reverend Isaac Powers (1850-1936), one of the first African-American landowners in Duplin County.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Beth Keane (November 1998). "Isaac M. Powers House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-10-01.


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