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.
W. Stokes Boney House | |
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| Location | 651 E. Southerland St., Wallace, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 34°44′31″N 77°59′09″W / 34.74194°N 77.98583°W |
| Area | 17.8 acres (7.2 ha) |
| Built | 1878–1890 |
| Built by | W. Stokes Boney, George Blanton |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| MPS | Duplin County MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 99000812[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 8, 1999 |
Description and history
editIt 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]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ 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.