The Zachary-Tolbert House, also known as the Mordecai Zachary House,[2] is a restored pre-American Civil War house located at Cashiers, Jackson County, North Carolina. The house was built between 1850 and 1852, and is a two-story, five bay Greek Revival style frame dwelling. It has a low hipped roof and central front, two-story, portico. A frame two-room kitchen was added to the rear elevation and was connected to the house by a covered breezeway in the 1920s.[3]
Mordecai Zachary House | |
.jpg) Mordecai Zachary (Zachary-Tolbert) House | |
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| Location | NC 107, 0.2 miles S of NC 1107, Cashiers, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°5′28″N 83°4′51″W / 35.09111°N 83.08083°W |
| Area | 5.2 acres (2.1 ha) |
| Built | 1850-1852 |
| Built by | Zachary, Mordecai |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 98001575[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 31, 1998 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in December 1998.[1]
The house is owned by the Cashiers Historical Society and operated as a historic house museum that features a collection of hand-crafted ‘plain-style’ furniture.[4][5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Cashiers NC History: David Mordecai Zachary". Laurel Magazine. December 30, 2011. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
- ^ Ellen Pratt Harris and Jane G. Nardy (August 1998). "Mordecai Zachary House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-01-01.
- ^ "Zachary-Tolbert House". Blue Ridge National Heritage Area. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
- ^ "Plain-Style Furniture". The Laurel Magazine. Retrieved 2018-06-09.
External links
edit- Zachary-Tolbert House - Cashiers Historical Society