Tucker Carriage House
Why it's listed
Set on a wooded lot in downtown Raleigh, the Tucker Carriage House is a one-and-a-half story frame building with a steep hip roof, a louvered cupola, and walls of weatherboarding at the first level and imbricated shingles above. Its main entrance is a pair of sliding doors, and the interior holds a six-stall stable beneath a loft with living quarters. The building was the outbuilding of a large Italianate brick mansion built in 1858 for merchant Rufus Sylvester Tucker, a major in the Confederate army and a director of several railroads and banks. The house was demolished in 1964, leaving the carriage house as the only surviving structure from the estate. Its scale, irregular massing, and decorative roof and wall treatments make it a rare surviving example of a Queen Anne outbuilding from the late nineteenth century.
Significance in brief: The building is presented as an impressive and rare example of a Queen Anne style outbuilding, with patterned shingled walls and polychromed slate roof in essentially unaltered condition. It is also the only known surviving building connected with Rufus Sylvester Tucker, a leading nineteenth-century Raleigh merchant and public figure.
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 75001297, listed February 13, 1975. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-haiku-5-5, prompt v1.1-2026-10-29, confidence medium).
Key facts
| Address | 100 block of St. Mary, Raleigh |
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| County | Wake County |
| Listed | February 13, 1975 |
| Reference number | 75001297 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Period of significance | ca. 1890 |
| Architectural style | Queen Anne |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Commerce, Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Fair condition; altered and original site are both marked on the form; the house it served was razed in 1964. |
| Acreage | 2 |
| Coordinates | 35.78201, -78.65034 (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 75001297.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q18217526
- This listing as JSON
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