Leonidas L. Polk House

Historic house in North Carolina, United States

United States historic place


Leonidas L. Polk House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


35°47′13.75″N 78°38′11″W / 35.7871528°N 78.63639°W / 35.7871528; -78.63639
Area	less than one acre
Built	c. 1891 (1891)
Architectural style	Late Victorian
NRHP reference No.	77001012^[1]
Added to NRHP	April 13, 1977

Leonidas L. Polk House is a historic home located at Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina. It was built about 1891, and is a two-story, two bay by five bay, Late Victorian Shingle Style frame dwelling with a one-story frame wing. It features a corner turret and a front sawnwork porch with star-shaped ornament. The house was moved to the rear of 612 N. Blount Street in the mid-1960s. It was the home of Leonidas L. Polk (1837-1892), an American farmer, journalist and political figure.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ John Baxton Flowers, III; Ruth Little-Stokes (n.d.). "Leonidas L. Polk House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-05-01.