Perry-Cherry House

Perry-Cherry House
Location 308 W. Main St., Mount Olive, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°11′50″N 78°4′14″W / 35.19722°N 78.07056°W / 35.19722; -78.07056Coordinates: 35°11′50″N 78°4′14″W / 35.19722°N 78.07056°W / 35.19722; -78.07056
Area less than one acre
Built c. 1904 (1904), c. 1933-1936
Architectural style Colonial Revival, Classical Revival
NRHP Reference # 86000392[1]
Added to NRHP March 13, 1986

Perry-Cherry House is a historic home located at Mount Olive, Wayne County, North Carolina. It was built about 1904 and altered in 1933-1936. It is a two-story, three bay, frame dwelling with Classical Revival and Colonial Revival style elements. It has a nearly pyramidal hip roof and hip roofed rear two-story ell. The front facade features a two-story Classical semi-circular portico which is supported by monumental Ionic order columns. It was the home of L. G. and Bessie Welling Geddie, original investors in the Mt. Olive Pickle Company.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1] It is located in the Mount Olive Historic District.

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. E. Virginia Oswald (January 1986). "Perry-Cherry House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-07-01.


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