NRHP Reference # 02000502 Added to NRHP 16 May 2002 | Area 8,000 m² | |
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Location 1001 Parker St., Raleigh, North Carolina MPS Oberlin, North Carolina MPS Architectural styles Colonial Revival architecture, Queen Anne style architecture Similar Latta House and University, Pope House Museum, City of Raleigh Museum, Mordecai House, Pullen Park | ||
The Rev. M.L. Latta House was a historic home located in the Oberlin neighborhood of Raleigh, North Carolina. It was the last remaining building from Latta University, a trade school for African Americans that operated from 1892 until 1920. The house was named after Morgan London Latta, a freedman and former slave who graduated from Shaw University after the Civil War. It was built about 1905, and was a substantial, two-story Queen Anne style residence with a Tuscan order wraparound porch. He founded Latta University to educate freedmen and orphans in Raleigh's African-American community and built the campus next to his house. His house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002, and designated a Raleigh Historic Landmark.
On January 8, 2007, a fire destroyed the house, leaving only the manmade brick foundation. Before the fire, plans had been made by The Latta House Foundation to adapt the house as a cultural center. After the fire, the property owner gave the land to the city of Raleigh for use as a park.