Filed Under Antebellum & Civil War

Henry Porter House

By RHDC
Henry Porter House, 2010
Henry Porter House, 2010 Image courtesy of B. Fullington, Capital City Camera Club.

This frame house, built for prominent mid-nineteenth-century merchant Henry Porter, features a two-story pedimented porch and a low-pitched hip roof, typical features of Raleigh's surviving Greek Revival dwellings. Private residence.

Date: Before 1850

Images

Henry Porter House, 2010
Henry Porter House, 2010 Image courtesy of B. Fullington, Capital City Camera Club.
Henry Porter House, 1976
Henry Porter House, 1976 Image courtesy of the North Carolina State Archives.
Henry Porter House, 1998
Henry Porter House, 1998 Image courtesy of the North Carolina State Archives.

Location

555 New Bern Avenue

Metadata

Related Resources

  1. Henry Porter House Landmark Designation Report and Ordinance

Citation Info

RHDC, “Henry Porter House,” Raleigh Historic, accessed May 13, 2024, https://raleighhistoric.org/items/show/32.

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