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The Potts
House
1.
Name of Property if any: Potts House
2.
Street Address, including City and Zip Code:
12938 South Church Street
Huntersville,
NC
28078
3.
Date added to Study list: 11/11/2002
4.
Tax Parcel Number of Property: 01909435
5.
Owner of Property: Daisy M. Potts
6.
Current Owner's Contact Information:
1322
NEWTON ST NE
WASHINGTON, DC 20017
7.
Period or Date of Construction: 1901
8.
Source of Information for #7: Mecklenburg County Tax Records
9.
Present use of Property: j
a.
Agricultural, b. Commercial, c. Educational, d.
Entertainment, e. Government, f. Industrial, g. Military, h.
Museum, i. Park, j. Private Residence, k. Religious, I.
Other
10.
Architectural Style:
11.
Architectural Significance:
a.
Outstanding, b. Excellent, c. Notable, d. Commonplace
12.
Map Showing Location of Property:
13.
Paragraph Briefly Summarizing Known History Of The Property:
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The majority of Mecklenburg’s
few surviving African American farmhouses
were built in the years between the world
wars. The northern part of the county was
the last to experience sprawling suburban
development and thus contains many of the
rural resources identified in this survey.
The ca. 1930 Potts
House near Huntersville was probably one of
the last I-houses to be built in Mecklenburg
County. Mr. Potts reportedly used salvaged
materials from construction sites in
Charlotte to build this traditional form
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