Walston-Bulluck House
Also known as: Pender Museum
Why it's listed
Now operated as the Pender Museum, this small frame farmhouse at 1018 St. Andrews Street in Tarboro was probably built about 1795 by Amos and Fanny Lewis on their farm near Conetoe. It is one story and three bays wide, with beaded weatherboards, two reconstructed exterior end chimneys, brick-pier foundations, and a front shed porch on tapered columns. Its cypress-shingled roof rests on an unusual diagonal vernacular entablature with moulded and pierced dentils. Inside, a hall and parlor are finished with paneled dados, and traces of graining and marbleizing were found during restoration. The farm passed through the Lewis, Everett, Walston and Bulluck families before the house was moved to town in 1969. The Edgecombe County Historical Society restored it and furnished it with period pieces. It is listed as a representative example of the typical eastern North Carolina farmhouse and is open as a museum of early rural life.
Significance in brief: The nomination presents the house as an excellent example of a typical eastern North Carolina farmhouse of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. It has an unusual diagonal vernacular entablature and largely original hardware. It has been restored and opened as a museum of early North Carolina rural life.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 71000585, listed February 18, 1971. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence medium).
Key facts
| Address | 1018 St. Andrews St., Tarboro |
|---|---|
| County | Edgecombe County |
| Listed | February 18, 1971 |
| Reference number | 71000585 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Architect / builder | Probably built by Amos and Fanny Lewis |
| Architectural style | Eastern North Carolina farmhouse (vernacular) |
| Areas of significance | Architecture |
| Level of significance | State |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Restored by the Edgecombe County Historical Society, in excellent condition, and open to the public as a museum; moved from the Bulluck farm in 1969. |
| Acreage | 0.3 |
| Coordinates | 35.90293, -77.53693 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
National Register listing is honorary for a privately owned home: it does not by itself restrict what an owner may do with their own money, and it does not require public access. Restrictions come from local landmark or historic-district ordinances, which are separate (how they differ).
Owner-occupied houses are not eligible for the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit, which applies to income-producing buildings, but many states offer credits for homeowners. Listing also opens the door to preservation easements and to buying a plaque. Start with what listing means for homeowners, renovating a listed house and selling one.
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Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 71000585.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q20679855
- This listing as JSON
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