Poteat House
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Poteat House
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Poteat House, HABS Photo, 1938
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| Location | N of Yanceyville on NC 62, near Yanceyville, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Area | 619.9 acres (250.9 ha) |
| Built | 1855-1856, 1928-1929 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| NRHP Reference # | 79001688[1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 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 slave cabin.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]
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Categories:
- Plantation houses in North Carolina
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
- Greek Revival houses in North Carolina
- Houses completed in 1856
- Houses in Caswell County, North Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in Caswell County, North Carolina
- Piedmont Triad region, North Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs
