Dec 28, 2010
National Register of Historic Places - Bailey-Estes House
Statement of Significance: The Bailey-Estes House is one of only a handful of mid-nineteenth century I-houses located in the northernmost portion of Wake County, North Carolina. The house, while no longer associated with its original several hundred acres of farmland, does retain its rural setting. While there are numerous I-house examples in this part of the county, most date from the late nineteenth- to the early twentieth-centuries. Context 2, "Civil War, Reconstruction, and a Shift to Commercial Agriculture (1861-1885)," pages E:30-46, in Historic and Architectural Resources of Wake County, North Carolina (ca. 1770-1941) Multiple Property Designation Form (MPDF) (Lally and Johnson, 1993) provides the context for establishing the Bailey-Estes House under National Register Criterion C in the area of architecture. The Bailey-Estes House falls under Property Type 3A, "Houses Built from the Colonial Period to the Civil War era," pages F: 125-131. Additional context for the Bailey- Estes House is provided herein. Individual houses in Wake County must retain a high level of integrity to be considered eligible under Criterion C for architectural significance, according to the registration requirements on pages 141-142 of the MPDF. The Bailey-Estes House retains a high degree of architectural integrity on both the exterior and interior, including Greek Revival- influenced details in the vertical two-panel interior doors and the simple post and lintel mantels. Additional interior details which date the building to the mid-nineteenth century are the wide board walls, ceilings, and floors. The period of significance for the house is ca. 1864, the date of construction of the house.
National Register of Historic Places - Bailey-Estes House
Statement of Significance: The Bailey-Estes House is one of only a handful of mid-nineteenth century I-houses located in the northernmost portion of Wake County, North Carolina. The house, while no longer associated with its original several hundred acres of farmland, does retain its rural setting. While there are numerous I-house examples in this part of the county, most date from the late nineteenth- to the early twentieth-centuries. Context 2, "Civil War, Reconstruction, and a Shift to Commercial Agriculture (1861-1885)," pages E:30-46, in Historic and Architectural Resources of Wake County, North Carolina (ca. 1770-1941) Multiple Property Designation Form (MPDF) (Lally and Johnson, 1993) provides the context for establishing the Bailey-Estes House under National Register Criterion C in the area of architecture. The Bailey-Estes House falls under Property Type 3A, "Houses Built from the Colonial Period to the Civil War era," pages F: 125-131. Additional context for the Bailey- Estes House is provided herein. Individual houses in Wake County must retain a high level of integrity to be considered eligible under Criterion C for architectural significance, according to the registration requirements on pages 141-142 of the MPDF. The Bailey-Estes House retains a high degree of architectural integrity on both the exterior and interior, including Greek Revival- influenced details in the vertical two-panel interior doors and the simple post and lintel mantels. Additional interior details which date the building to the mid-nineteenth century are the wide board walls, ceilings, and floors. The period of significance for the house is ca. 1864, the date of construction of the house.
Dec 28, 2010
Posted Date
Aug 29, 2023
Historical Record Date
Dec 28, 2010
Source Name
National Register of Historic Places
