Built c. 1884 Opened 1875 Added to NRHP 16 May 2002 | NRHP Reference # 02000500 Area 1,600 m² | |
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Location 802 Oberlin Rd., Raleigh, North Carolina MPS Oberlin, North Carolina MPS Architectural style Queen Anne style architecture Similar Big Yellow Mountain, Scientist First Church of, Mount Mitchell, James Mangum House, Mast General Store | ||
The Willis M. Graves House, also known as the Graves-Fields House and Oakcrest, is a historic home located on Oberlin Road in Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina. It was built about 1884 in the freedmen's village of Oberlin, and is a two-story, frame Queen Anne style dwelling. It has a projecting, two-story polygonal bay capped by a very large gable; one-story wraparound porch; and a projecting, two-story square tower with a pyramidal roof. It was built by Willis M. Graves, an African-American brick mason.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.
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