802 Oberlin Rd., Raleigh, North Carolina. County/parish: Wake.
Removed from the National Register of Historic Places August 13, 2021. NRIS 02000500.
Part of Oberlin, North Carolina MPS (NRIS 64500793).
1 contributing building.
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 originally listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002 (#02000500). It was delisted in 2019 due to being relocated, but was relisted again in 2021.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718677