Area less than one acre Architectural style Late Victorian Added to NRHP 13 April 1977 | Built c. 1891 (1891) NRHP Reference # 77001012 | |
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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.
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