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1904 in Oriental, NC

$375,000

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Added to OHD on 6/20/22   -   Last OHD Update: 10/18/22

208 Neuse St, Oriental, NC 28571

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  • 4 Bed
  • 1.5 Bath
  • 2648 Sq Ft
  • 0.60 Ac.
Historic house in Oriental is on the Market! One more piece of Oriental History Village Realty has the pleasure to present to the Public. THE LATHAM HOUSE. Located on the corner of Neuse Street and First Avenue. This grand Southern style home sits on 4 Lots. in Oriental Lot # 191, 192, 193, 194. Located in an R2 zone, this delightful home with wrap around porches. The Grand staircase leads to 4 large bedrooms and a full bath. Downstairs you will enjoy a Southern Parlor and Living room is divided by an original glass french doors. Relax in a spacious living room which flows into the formal dining room then into the kitchen. There is a 1/2. Built in 1904 this is study house with enough room for your large family. Within minutes of Lou Mac Park and the views and breezes of the Neuse River. Stroll to the Town Dock and fish for your favorite fish.
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Michelle Fodrey, Village Realty :: 252-635-8373

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More from the Agency Site: The Captain John Day House The house at 208 Neuse Street was built early in the 20th century, around 1904. It was one of several houses built in a particular style for the employees of the sawmill.. I'm not positive but I believe it had two rooms up and two rooms down with a single story kitchen wing. My grandfather, John Jarvis Day bought the house and all the land around it in 1924 or '25. He had just remarried and wanted a nice home for his bride.

Before I get on with the story of the house I want to tell you about my grandparents. My grandfather was a successful sea captain who traveled the Atlantic from the East coast down to the Caribbean and on to Europe and Africa. His ship was a 120 foot long three masted schooner. He had left Cedar Island as a boy and made his fortune at sea, eventually owning his own ship, the G.J. Cherry. When he first saw my grandmother he was a widower with two children. The story goes that he came to Cedar Island to visit my grandmother's parents and saw her in the crib. He told them he would marry her when she grew up. And so he did. She was 17 and he was 54. He presented this house to my grandmother as a wedding gift. He also gave her the title to a four masted schooner so she would have her own income. It was a life she never would have had if she had married a boy from Cedar Island.

My mother was born in 1925 in the house next door, which John Day's uncle owned. That house was torn down about 30 years ago. When Capt. Day bought the house he had grand plans for it. He was the one who had the grand staircase put in and extended the second floor. He also put in electricity, running water and indoor bathrooms. The garage behind the house was built at that time. Originally there was a single bay garage with three rooms added on. There was a heating stove and running water at one time in the room next to the garage.. My grandmother and mother stayed there while the renovations on the big house were being completed. It was my father's chemistry lab when I was growing up. The room on the end was the pump house and the room in the middle was storage. When I was a child there were no floors in the pump house or middle room. The building was renovated in the 1990s. Floors were installed and the roof was re-shingled.

In the main house you will notice mantles in every room. There were never any fireplaces. There are flues for wood burning or maybe oil stoves. There is also a flue in the kitchen for a cooking stove. When I was growing up there was an oil burning stove in the living room. My parents had a small stove in their bedroom. My siblings and I slept in cold rooms with lots of blankets. In 1963 my father updated the heating system. That was the year the big furnace and duct work was put in. It was only used one winter before we moved to New Bern. One important fact about this house is that the inside has never flooded. Water has gone under the house on numerous occasions but has never gone into the house. One of my earliest memories is playing on the porch during hurricane Ione in 1955. My brother and I played on the front porch during the first half of the
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