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Leonidas L. Polk House

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Area
  
less than one acre

Architectural style
  
Late Victorian

Added to NRHP
  
13 April 1977

Built
  
c. 1891 (1891)

NRHP Reference #
  
77001012

Leonidas L. Polk House

Location
  
612 N. Blount St., Raleigh, North Carolina

Leonidas L. Polk House is a historic home located at Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina. It was built about 1891, and is a two-story, two bay by five bay, Late Victorian Shingle Style frame dwelling with a one-story frame wing. It features a corner turret and a front sawnwork porch with star-shaped ornament. The house was moved to the rear of 612 N. Blount Street in the mid-1960s. It was the home of Leonidas L. Polk (1837-1892), an American farmer, journalist and political figure.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.

References

Leonidas L. Polk House Wikipedia