Apr 05, 2006
- Charmaine Bantugan
National Register of Historic Places - Rufus J. Ivey House
Statement of Significance: In a county not known for particularly stylish residences outside of the capital city, the circa 1872 Ivey House stands out for its Italianate design and solid masonry construction. It is a relatively intact and distinctive rural example of an Italianate residence of the 1870s, exhibiting the irregular massing, steeply pitched roofline, corbelled chimney stacks, and segmentally-arched window and door openings which are hallmarks of the style. Masonry houses were a rarity in nineteenth century Wake County, with the majority of rural houses being constructed with wood frames. The Ivey House is one of only three surviving nineteenth-century brick residences in the county outside of Raleigh, the others being the Greek Revival-style South Brick House (WA 1503) in Wake Forest, and an earlier brick (later covered with stucco) one-and-a-half story house (WA 2245) near Umstead Park (Lally, MPDF, F-127; Lally, 273). The Ivey House meets Criterion C for Architecture. The architectural significance of the Ivey House is established in the Multiple Property Documentation Form, "Historic and Architectural Resources of Wake County, North Carolina (ca. 1770-1941)," by Kelly A. Lally. Historic context for the house is presented in "Context 2: Civil War, Reconstruction, and a Shift to Commercial Agriculture (1861-1885)" (Lally, MPDF, E-30-46). "Property Type 3B: Houses Built Between the Civil War and World War I (1865-ca. 1918)" (Lally, MPDF, F-133) identifies the Ivey House as one of only a few post-Civil War Italianate-style houses remaining in Wake County, and singles it out for its rare masonry construction. 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 F - 141-142. The period of significance is circa 1872, the date of construction of the house.
National Register of Historic Places - Rufus J. Ivey House
Statement of Significance: In a county not known for particularly stylish residences outside of the capital city, the circa 1872 Ivey House stands out for its Italianate design and solid masonry construction. It is a relatively intact and distinctive rural example of an Italianate residence of the 1870s, exhibiting the irregular massing, steeply pitched roofline, corbelled chimney stacks, and segmentally-arched window and door openings which are hallmarks of the style. Masonry houses were a rarity in nineteenth century Wake County, with the majority of rural houses being constructed with wood frames. The Ivey House is one of only three surviving nineteenth-century brick residences in the county outside of Raleigh, the others being the Greek Revival-style South Brick House (WA 1503) in Wake Forest, and an earlier brick (later covered with stucco) one-and-a-half story house (WA 2245) near Umstead Park (Lally, MPDF, F-127; Lally, 273). The Ivey House meets Criterion C for Architecture. The architectural significance of the Ivey House is established in the Multiple Property Documentation Form, "Historic and Architectural Resources of Wake County, North Carolina (ca. 1770-1941)," by Kelly A. Lally. Historic context for the house is presented in "Context 2: Civil War, Reconstruction, and a Shift to Commercial Agriculture (1861-1885)" (Lally, MPDF, E-30-46). "Property Type 3B: Houses Built Between the Civil War and World War I (1865-ca. 1918)" (Lally, MPDF, F-133) identifies the Ivey House as one of only a few post-Civil War Italianate-style houses remaining in Wake County, and singles it out for its rare masonry construction. 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 F - 141-142. The period of significance is circa 1872, the date of construction of the house.
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