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

Photo by B. Fullington, Capital City Camera Club
courtesy of Preservation North Carolina

Address
555 New Bern Avenue
Date
Before 1850
Style
Greek Revival

Architect

Unknown

Local/National Designations
Raleigh Historic Landmark

 

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