Sunnyside (Wendell, North Carolina) Explained

Sunnyside
Location:210 S. Selma Rd., Wendell, North Carolina
Coordinates:35.7775°N -78.3628°W
Built:1918
Architecture:Bungalow/Craftsman
Added:October 15, 2001
Refnum:01001113

Sunnyside, also known as the R.B. Whitley House, is a historic home located in Wendell, North Carolina, a town in eastern Wake County. The Craftsman house was built in 1918 by R. B. Whitley, a prominent Wendell businessman who founded the Bank of Wendell in 1907.

The brick home features car shelters on the front and side, a modern detail during the 1910s. In addition to the home, a wash house, smokehouse, garage, and four entrance pillars are located on the property. According to family tradition, Sunnyside was used as a hospital during the Spanish flu epidemic of 1918.[1]

Sunnyside was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in October 2001.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: John W. Narron and J. Daniel Pezzoni. Sunnyside . National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . March 2001 . pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2015-05-01.
  2. Web site: Wake County Landmarks. Capital Area Preservation, Inc.. 2008-05-07. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110725135330/http://www.cappresinc.org/gallery.php?reflink=wake_county_landmarks. 2011-07-25.