{"id":134,"featured":0,"modified":"2026-04-17 19:31:12","latitude":35.79623561892966421282835653983056545257568359375,"longitude":-78.66041485947380351717583835124969482421875,"title":"John T. and Mary Turner House","subtitle":"","fullsize":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/6ef7dd1df62c274427153510ded01786.jpg","address":"1002 Oberlin Road","all_locations":[],"zoom":19,"creator":["RHDC"],"description":"The Turner House is an intact Neoclassical I-house in the African American community of Oberlin. The house was expanded by John T. Turner, Oberlin&#039;s major landowner, around 1900 from a three-room one-story house. While the I-house type is more often seen on agricultural landscapes, Oberlin was more rural in the late nineteenth century than it appears today. Turner, in fact, is listed as a farmer in Oberlin in the 1880 census. Private residence.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nDate:  ca. 1900","sponsor":null,"accessinfo":"","lede":"","website":"","related_resources":["<a href=\"https://cityofraleigh0drupal.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/drupal-prod/COR10/JohnTAndMaryTurnerHouse_LandmarkOrdinanceAndReport.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">John T. and Mary Turner House Landmark Designation Report and Ordinance</a>"],"factoids":[],"files":{"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/6ef7dd1df62c274427153510ded01786.jpg":{"id":160,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"John T. and Mary Turner House, 1980s","description":"Image by Michael Zirkle Photography, copyright Raleigh Historic Development Commission.","thumbnail":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/square_thumbnails/6ef7dd1df62c274427153510ded01786.jpg"},"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/bff03ffb32bd88b5ed64f304093e5779.jpg":{"id":339,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"John T. and Mary Turner House, 2007","description":"Image courtesy of the North Carolina State Archives.","thumbnail":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/square_thumbnails/bff03ffb32bd88b5ed64f304093e5779.jpg"},"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/eb1b213599101a737be2066ddc9db3b3.jpg":{"id":340,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"John T. and Mary Turner House, 2007","description":"Image courtesy of the North Carolina State Archives.","thumbnail":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/square_thumbnails/eb1b213599101a737be2066ddc9db3b3.jpg"},"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/237adb0cef5f63eb68608770cb9eb70c.jpg":{"id":435,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"John T. and Mary Turner House, 2013","description":"Image courtesy of D. Strevel, Capital City Camera Club. ","thumbnail":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/square_thumbnails/237adb0cef5f63eb68608770cb9eb70c.jpg"}}}