Willis M. Graves House facts for kids
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Willis M. Graves House
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Front and northern side
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| Location | 802 Oberlin Rd., Raleigh, North Carolina |
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| Area | 0.4 acres (0.16 ha) |
| Built | c. 1884 |
| Architectural style | Queen Anne |
| MPS | Oberlin, North Carolina MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 02000500 |
| Added to NRHP | May 16, 2002 |
The Willis M. Graves House, also known as the Graves-Fields House and Oakcrest, is a historic home located on Oberlin Road in Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina. It was built about 1884 in the freedmen's village of Oberlin, and is a two-story, frame Queen Anne style dwelling. It has a projecting, two-story polygonal bay capped by a very large gable; one-story wraparound porch; and a projecting, two-story square tower with a pyramidal roof. It was built by Willis M. Graves, an African-American brick mason.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.
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