318 Chairman Blake Ln., Davidson, North Carolina. County/parish: Mecklenburg.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places August 25, 2004. NRIS 04000905.
1 contributing building.
Chairman Blake House is a historic private home located at Davidson, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. It was built about 1860, and is a 1+1⁄2-story, five-bay, double pile Greek Revival style frame dwelling with a one-story rear ell. It has steep side gable roof, four brick interior chimneys, and weatherboard sheathing. It features porches on the front and rear facades supported by Tuscan order columns. It was moved to its present location in October 2000. It was the home of Professor John Rennie Blake (1825–1900), who is believed to have occupied the house throughout his tenure at Davidson College, 1861–1885. Today, the home is privately owned.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721258