Hall, Rev. Plummer T., House
Also known as: Hall-Jackson House
Why it's listed
Located at 814 Oberlin Road in Raleigh, this one-story Queen Anne cottage was built between about 1880 and 1893, when the area was the freedmen's village of Oberlin. It has a side-gabled roof with cornice returns, a central front gable, turned porch posts, sawnwork brackets and a polygonal gazebo at the porch end. Around 1900 Reverend Plummer T. Hall, born into slavery in 1849, added a gable-front room as a pastoral office, reached from a separate exterior door. Hall was the first pastor of the congregation that became Oberlin Baptist Church, and the church building burned in 1955. This house is the only surviving building tied to the church's earliest years, 1880 to 1915. Churches served as centers of education, social life and civic activity for freedmen. A rear addition was built in 1996, and the house remains a home. It is locally significant for Social History and Black Ethnic Heritage.
Significance in brief: It is the only remaining historic building associated with the earliest phase of the Oberlin Baptist Church (1880-1915), whose first pastor, Reverend Plummer T. Hall, lived here. The office addition with its own exterior entrance shows his pastoral work. The house is locally significant under Criterion A for Social History and Black Ethnic Heritage.
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 02000501, listed May 16, 2002. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | 814 Oberlin Rd., Raleigh |
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| County | Wake County |
| Listed | May 16, 2002 |
| Reference number | 02000501 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Period of significance | c. 1880-1915 |
| Architect / builder | Unknown |
| Architectural style | Late Victorian/Queen Anne |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Black, Social History |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Still used as a single-family dwelling; a rear addition was built in 1996, and the original outbuildings have been demolished. |
| Acreage | 0.2 |
| Coordinates | 35.79699, -78.66085 (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.
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.
Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 02000501.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q20639174
- This listing as JSON
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