Built 1918 NRHP Reference # 01001113 Area 4,500 m² | MPS Wake County MPS Opened 1918 Added to NRHP 15 October 2001 | |
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Location 210 S. Selma Rd., Wendell, North Carolina Architectural styles American Craftsman, Greek Revival architecture | ||
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.
Sunnyside was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in October 2001.
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