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Mordecai Place Historic District

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dwelling that is today a house museum. Beginning in 1916, land south of the house was sold and subdivided for residential development. When the Mordecai family sold the land, it made multiple stipulations. The neighborhood was named in honor of the plantation, and only whites could live on most of
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The land was originally home to a plantation house built by Joel Lane in 1785. About 1824 the house underwent significant alterations that resulted in the
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the land (about eighteen acres near the railroad could either be sold for residences for African Americans or used for factories).
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style architecture. Within the district is the Mordecai Historic Park, which includes the separately listed
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Roughly bounded by N. Blount St., Courtland Dr., Old Wake Forest Rd. and Mordecai Dr., 208 Delway St.,
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Mordecai Place was developed between about 1900 to the 1950s and includes notable examples of
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Patricia S. Dickinson; Helen P. Ross; Susan E. Holladay (May 1997).
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Bungalow/craftsman, Colonial Revival, Classical Revival
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in February 1998, with a boundary increase in 2000.
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Mordecai Place Historic District is located in North Carolina
Mordecai Place Historic District is located in the United States
Raleigh, North Carolina
35°47′30″N 78°37′58″W / 35.79167°N 78.63278°W / 35.79167; -78.63278
97001668
/mɔːrdəˈki/
historic district
Raleigh, North Carolina
National Register of Historic Places
Greek Revival
Colonial Revival
Classical Revival
Dutch Colonial Revival
Mission Revival
Tudor Revival
Renaissance Revival
Bungalow
American Craftsman
Mordecai House
List of Registered Historic Places in North Carolina
Mordecai House


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National Register of Historic Places
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