Isaac M. Powers House Explained

Isaac M. Powers House
Location:NC 1154, 0.8 miles (1.3 km) south of the junction of NC 1154 and NC 4, near Wallace, North Carolina
Coordinates:34.7336°N -78.0336°W
Built:c.
Builder:Isaac Murray Powers
Architecture:Greek Revival
Added:April 15, 1999
Refnum:99000461

Isaac M. Powers House is a historic home located at Wallace, Duplin County, North Carolina. It was built about 1878, and is a one-story, single pile, three bay, frame dwelling with Greek Revival style design elements. A former rear ell was destroyed by fire in 1979. Also on the property are the contributing smokehouse. It was the home of Reverend Isaac Powers (1850-1936), one of the first African-American landowners in Duplin County.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Beth Keane. Isaac M. Powers House. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . November 1998 . pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2014-10-01.