Powell House is a historic plantation home located near Wake Forest,

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, USA. It was built about 1800, and is a large two-story, five-bay,

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-style frame dwelling. The house has two one-story rear additions and exterior end chimneys. The front facade features a full height

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added about 1940. It was listed on the

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in 1974.

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Plantation houses in North Carolina Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Federal architecture in North Carolina Houses completed in 1800 Houses in Wake County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Wake County, North Carolina {{WakeCountyNC-NRHP-stub