Bailey-Estes House
Why it's listed
Built around 1864 for Allen Bailey, this two-story I-house stands on a rural tract of about nineteen acres near Wake Forest in northern Wake County. The house has a central hall, one room on each side, a nearly full-width front porch, a standing-seam metal roof and three stuccoed stone chimneys. A rear kitchen ell was added in the 1880s after James M. Estes bought the property, and the breezeway between the two parts was enclosed in the 1950s. Inside, wide flush-board walls, ceilings and floors, two-panel doors and simple mantels survive, especially upstairs. Outbuildings from about 1948, a pump house, chicken house and store, were added by Ovid Dillard, and a one-acre family cemetery holds Estes and Dillard graves. The house is regarded as significant for architecture because few I-houses in this part of the county date to the mid-nineteenth century, and this one keeps a high level of integrity. The property is currently noted as vacant.
Significance in brief: The nomination argues the house is one of only a handful of mid-nineteenth-century I-houses in the northernmost part of Wake County, since most local examples date from the late 19th to early 20th century. It retains a high degree of exterior and interior integrity, including Greek Revival-influenced two-panel doors, post-and-lintel mantels and wide-board walls, ceilings and floors.
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 10001097, listed December 28, 2010. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence medium).
Key facts
| Address | 9020 Mangum Dairy Rd, Wake Forest |
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| County | Wake County |
| Listed | December 28, 2010 |
| Reference number | 10001097 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Period of significance | ca. 1864 |
| Architect / builder | unknown |
| Architectural style | Other: I-House (with some Greek Revival detailing) |
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| Areas of significance | Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Current function is listed as single dwelling and cemetery, and also as vacant/not in use. |
| Acreage | 19.3 |
| Coordinates | 36.03681, -78.60174 (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.
Noted as vacant in the nomination. Nomination documents can be decades old; current status may differ. If you are considering buying an empty listed property, read the due-diligence checklist.
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Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 10001097.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q20708636
- This listing as JSON
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