Isabelle Bowen Henderson House and Gardens is a historic home and garden and national historic district located at Raleigh, North Carolina. The main house is a modest 19th century turreted late Victorian period frame cottage, with a Colonial Revival style studio wing and kitchen and dining porch added in 1937. Also on the property is a contributing two car garage and apartment building (late 1930s, 1950), herb house (c. 1937), front garden (1937-1938), back garden (1937 onward), herb garden (c. 1937), and brick terrace (1937-1938). It was the home of noted local artist Isabelle Bowen Henderson and representative of the Williamsburg Revival design movement in Raleigh.[2]
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| Location | 213 Oberlin Rd., Raleigh, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°47′15″N 78°39′44″W / 35.78750°N 78.66222°W |
| Area | 1.2 acres (0.49 ha) |
| Built | 1937 |
| Architect | Isabelle Bowen Henderson |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival, Late Victorian |
| NRHP reference No. | 89001049[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 7, 1989 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Russ Stephenson; Karin Kaiser; Eleanor Weinel (October 1988). "Isabelle Bowen Henderson House and Gardens" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved June 1, 2015.