{"id":57,"featured":0,"modified":"2026-04-17 19:31:11","latitude":35.79509571380237531457169097848236560821533203125,"longitude":-78.6610806785814702379866503179073333740234375,"title":"Willis Graves House","subtitle":"","fullsize":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/04a76d2d393364fee6600014ff3fe8c9.jpg","address":"814 Oberlin Road","all_locations":[],"zoom":18,"creator":["RHDC"],"description":"Willis Graves, an African American brick mason, built this two-and-a-half-story frame Queen Anne house soon after buying the land in 1884. The square corner turret and front bay window with roof pediment are placed on a basic I-house form. The house, with its wrap-around porch and stained-glass windows in shingled gables, was considered one of the most stylish residences built in the Oberlin community during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Mr. Graves, also a justice of the peace and leader in the Wilson A. M. E. Church, was one of Oberlin&#039;s most respected citizens. Private residence.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nDate:  Between 1884 and 1891","sponsor":null,"accessinfo":"","lede":"","website":"","related_resources":["<a href=\"https://cityofraleigh0drupal.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/drupal-prod/COR10/WillisGravesHouse_LandmarkOrdinanceAndReport.pdf\">Willis Graves House Landmark Designation Ordinance and Report</a>"],"factoids":[],"files":{"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/04a76d2d393364fee6600014ff3fe8c9.jpg":{"id":34,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Willis Graves House, 2009","description":"Image courtesy of A. Neifeld, Capital City Camera Club.","thumbnail":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/square_thumbnails/04a76d2d393364fee6600014ff3fe8c9.jpg"},"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/5a341ed91ebaebaed5083b037929bdaa.jpg":{"id":35,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Willis Graves House, 2009","description":"Transom.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nImage courtesy of A. Neifledl, Capital City Camera Club.","thumbnail":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/square_thumbnails/5a341ed91ebaebaed5083b037929bdaa.jpg"},"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/494455f931e72e94211fb3f11bd34b79.jpg":{"id":366,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Willis Graves House, 2006","description":"Image courtesy of the North Carolina State Archives.","thumbnail":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/square_thumbnails/494455f931e72e94211fb3f11bd34b79.jpg"},"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/9ee17bc63987736e61c987c149a03874.jpg":{"id":367,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Willis Graves House, 2006","description":"Image courtesy of the North Carolina State Archives.","thumbnail":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/square_thumbnails/9ee17bc63987736e61c987c149a03874.jpg"},"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/164e06a44aa9d8552a17c9a94e1301c0.jpg":{"id":544,"mime-type":"image/gif","title":"Willis Graves House, 1980","description":"Image by Michael Zirkle Photography, copyright Raleigh Historic Development Commission.","thumbnail":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/square_thumbnails/164e06a44aa9d8552a17c9a94e1301c0.jpg"}}}