Perry-Cherry House Explained

Perry-Cherry House
Nrhp Type:cp
Nocat:yes
Location:308 W. Main St., Mount Olive, North Carolina
Coordinates:35.1972°N -78.0706°W
Built:c., c. 1933-1936
Architecture:Colonial Revival, Classical Revival
Added:March 13, 1986
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:86000392

Perry-Cherry House is a historic home located at Mount Olive, Wayne County, North Carolina. It was built about 1904 and altered in 1933–1936. It is a two-story, three-bay, frame dwelling with Classical Revival and Colonial Revival style elements. It has a nearly pyramidal hip roof and hip roofed rear two-story ell. The front facade features a two-story Classical semi-circular portico which is supported by monumental Ionic order columns. It was the home of L. G. and Bessie Welling Geddie, original investors in the Mt. Olive Pickle Company.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. It is located in the Mount Olive Historic District.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: E. Virginia Oswald. Perry-Cherry House . National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . January 1986 . pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2015-07-01.