Rev. M.L. Latta House | |
Site of the house
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| Location | 1001 Parker St., Raleigh, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°47′52.89″N 78°39′47.1″W / 35.7980250°N 78.663083°W / 35.7980250; -78.663083 |
| Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
| Architectural style | Queen Anne, Colonial Revival |
| MPS | Oberlin, North Carolina MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 02000502[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 16, 2002 |
The Rev. M.L. Latta House was a historic home located in the Oberlin neighborhoodofRaleigh, North Carolina. It was the last remaining building from Latta University, a trade school for African Americans that operated from 1892 until 1920.[2] The house was named after Morgan London Latta, a freedman and former slave who graduated from Shaw University after the Civil War. It was built about 1905, and was a substantial, two-story Queen Anne style residence with a Tuscan order wraparound porch.[3] He founded Latta University to educate freedmen and orphans in Raleigh's African-American community and built the campus next to his house.[4] His house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002, and designated a Raleigh Historic Landmark.
On January 8, 2007, a fire destroyed the house, leaving only the manmade brick foundation.[5][6] Before the fire, plans had been made by The Latta House Foundation to adapt the house as a cultural center.[7] After the fire, the property owner gave the land to the city of Raleigh for use as a park.[8]
