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Boyette Slave House

Coordinates: 35°39′9″N 78°10′52″W / 35.65250°N 78.18111°W / 35.65250; -78.18111
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Boyette Slave House
The Boyette Slave House and surrounding properties in December 2021.
Boyette Slave House is located in North Carolina
Boyette Slave House
Boyette Slave House is located in the United States
Boyette Slave House
LocationNorthwest of Kenly on SR 2110, near Kenly, North Carolina
Coordinates35°39′9″N 78°10′52″W / 35.65250°N 78.18111°W / 35.65250; -78.18111
Arealess than one acre
NRHP reference No.79003329[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 20, 1979

Boyette Slave House is a historic home located near Kenly, Johnston County, North Carolina. It is a small one-room log dwelling. It is built of hewn and pit-sawn plans and features a gable end stick and mud chimney. The building measures 16 feet by 12 feet and 8 feet tall.[2] Between 1890 and 1910 it was reused as a schoolhouse.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1] The site of the Boyette Plantation House across the street is not listed.

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Renee Gledhill-Earley and Joe Mobley (June 1979). "Boyette Slave House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-01-01.
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