116 S Page St
Morrisville, NC, USA

  • Architectural Style: Italianate
  • Bathroom: 2.5
  • Year Built: 1830
  • National Register of Historic Places: Yes
  • Square Feet: 2,469 sqft
  • National Register of Historic Places Date: Apr 06, 2012
  • Neighborhood: N/A
  • National Register of Historic Places Area of Significance: Architecture
  • Bedrooms: N/A
  • Architectural Style: Italianate
  • Year Built: 1830
  • Square Feet: 2,469 sqft
  • Bedrooms: N/A
  • Bathroom: 2.5
  • Neighborhood: N/A
  • National Register of Historic Places: Yes
  • National Register of Historic Places Date: Apr 06, 2012
  • National Register of Historic Places Area of Significance: Architecture
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Apr 16, 2012

  • Charmaine Bantugan

National Register of Historic Places - Williamson Page House

Statement of Significance: The Williamson Page House was built around 1830, and overbuilt and remodeled ca. 1876. The house today consists of two sections: a two-story I-house and two-story rear wing. The wall surfaces of the dwelling are simply detailed with plain weatherboards siding, half-round corner boards, and gable end returns. Six-over-six wooden windows are set in simple window surrounds. On each side elevation is a double-shouldered chimney. A one-story hipped-roof porch spans the facade, and this porch is the property's most marked feature. The porch is trimmed with jig sawn spandrels and a flat balustrade with vasiform repeat. This elaborate yet vernacular assemblage of sawn trim on the front porch makes the Page House architecturally significant to Wake County. The Williamson Page House meets National Register Criterion C for its architecture. The period of significance is ca. 1876, the year the house attained its current appearance. The dwelling is the most intact of a small collection of houses in Morrisville with creative and elaborate assemblages of locally-produced mill work most notably present on the front porch of this building. The architectural significance of the property is established in the Multiple Property Documentation Form, "Historic and Architectural Resources of Wake County, North Carolina (ca. 1770-1941)," by Kelly Lally. Historic context for the property is presented in Context 2 "Civil War, Reconstruction and a Shift to Commercial Agriculture (1861-1885)" (pages E30-46), and Property type B "Houses Built Between the Civil War and World War I (1865-ca. 1918)," (pages F131-137). The form includes the Williamson Page House in a grouping of six noteworthy Wake County late Greek Revival-style houses, all in close proximity to the North Carolina Railroad, sharing similar intricate, lacy, machine-sawn porch detailing (F133). The dwelling displays a high degree of integrity from the period of significance, as required by the registration requirements for Wake County houses stipulated on pages F141-142. The house retains its form, materials, orientation, and association with the land. Non-historic alterations include the addition of the deck on the west side elevation and the partial enclosure of the east side porch. These changes detract only minimally from the dwelling's overall historic character.

National Register of Historic Places - Williamson Page House

Statement of Significance: The Williamson Page House was built around 1830, and overbuilt and remodeled ca. 1876. The house today consists of two sections: a two-story I-house and two-story rear wing. The wall surfaces of the dwelling are simply detailed with plain weatherboards siding, half-round corner boards, and gable end returns. Six-over-six wooden windows are set in simple window surrounds. On each side elevation is a double-shouldered chimney. A one-story hipped-roof porch spans the facade, and this porch is the property's most marked feature. The porch is trimmed with jig sawn spandrels and a flat balustrade with vasiform repeat. This elaborate yet vernacular assemblage of sawn trim on the front porch makes the Page House architecturally significant to Wake County. The Williamson Page House meets National Register Criterion C for its architecture. The period of significance is ca. 1876, the year the house attained its current appearance. The dwelling is the most intact of a small collection of houses in Morrisville with creative and elaborate assemblages of locally-produced mill work most notably present on the front porch of this building. The architectural significance of the property is established in the Multiple Property Documentation Form, "Historic and Architectural Resources of Wake County, North Carolina (ca. 1770-1941)," by Kelly Lally. Historic context for the property is presented in Context 2 "Civil War, Reconstruction and a Shift to Commercial Agriculture (1861-1885)" (pages E30-46), and Property type B "Houses Built Between the Civil War and World War I (1865-ca. 1918)," (pages F131-137). The form includes the Williamson Page House in a grouping of six noteworthy Wake County late Greek Revival-style houses, all in close proximity to the North Carolina Railroad, sharing similar intricate, lacy, machine-sawn porch detailing (F133). The dwelling displays a high degree of integrity from the period of significance, as required by the registration requirements for Wake County houses stipulated on pages F141-142. The house retains its form, materials, orientation, and association with the land. Non-historic alterations include the addition of the deck on the west side elevation and the partial enclosure of the east side porch. These changes detract only minimally from the dwelling's overall historic character.

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