Poteat House
Poteat House, HABS Photo, 1938
Poteat House is located in North Carolina
Poteat House
Poteat House is located in the United States
Poteat House
LocationN of Yanceyville on NC 62, near Yanceyville, North Carolina
Coordinates36°25′11″N 79°18′37″W / 36.41972°N 79.31028°W / 36.41972; -79.31028
Area619.9 acres (250.9 ha)
Built1855 (1855)-1856, 1928-1929
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No.79001688[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 24, 1979

Poteat House, also known as Forest Home, is a historic plantation house located near Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina. It was built in 1855–1856, and consists of a two-story main block, three bays wide, with flanking one-story wings in the Greek Revival style. It has a center hall plan and was restored in 1928–1929 by Helen Poteat and her husband, author and playwright Laurence Stallings. It features a reconstructed double pedimented portico supported by four plain Roman Doric order columns. Also on the property is a contributing small cabin used by enslaved people.[2] The house was the birthplace of painter Ida Isabella Poteat.[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ David W. Parham and Joe Mobley (June 1979). "Poteat House" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
  3. ^ "Poteat, Ida Isabella – NCpedia". Retrieved 16 March 2017.


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