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

Wake County, North Carolina Wake County, officially the County of Wake, is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, its population was 1,129,410, making it North Carolina's List of coun ...

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