South Brick House

Historic house in North Carolina, United States

United States historic place


South Brick House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property

35°58′42″N 78°30′44″W / 35.97833°N 78.51222°W / 35.97833; -78.51222
Area	1.2 acres (0.49 ha)
Built	1838, 1855
Architect	John Berry
Architectural style	Greek Revival
MPS	Historic and Architectural Resources of Wake County, North Carolina
NRHP reference No.	14000265^[1]
Added to NRHP	May 27, 2014

South Brick House is a historic home located at Wake Forest, Wake County, North Carolina. The house was built in 1838, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, double-pile, Greek Revival style brick dwelling with a side gable roof. A number of small, frame additions were made to the rear of the house, beginning in the late-19th century. It features a replacement pedimented portico supported by four Doric order columns. The house retains finely preserved interior decoration from Asher Benjamin’s 1830 pattern book, Practical House Carpenter. Also on the property are the contributing kitchen (1855), smokehouse (1855), and a single-story, side-gabled, weatherboarded, frame house (c. 1838, c. 1960). The house was originally built as faculty accommodation for Wake Forest Institute.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.^[1] It is located in the Wake Forest Historic District.

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 5/26/14 through 5/30/14. National Park Service. June 6, 2014.
^ Cynthia de Miranda and Jennifer Martin Mitchell (August 2013). "South Brick House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved June 1, 2015.