Morrisville Town Center Plan - 2007

Appendix 2

2. Page - Ferrell House

116 Page Street Morrisville’s oldest standing home was built before the town was founded. It was part of the expansive plantation of Williamson Page who

purchased the property around 1830. Beneath the unusual two-storyell isacellar revealing hand-hewn, pit sawn sills and joists. This heavy construction suggests this was the oldest part of house.

Photo by Ernest Dollar

In 1861, Williamson’s son, Malcus, joined other local men to fight in the Civil War. Their company organized on the Page’s lawn and became Company I, 6th North Carolina State Troops. The Page family hid in the basement during the Civil War skirmish and

the house appears to have suffered some damage to the east chimney. Afterwards it was occupied by Union soldiers. In the 1880s, Malcus became Register of Deeds for Wake County and sheriff serving for twenty years until 1906. The house was remodeled in 1876 with an ornate sawn work front porch. The detached kitchen and slave quarters that once stood behind house were destroyed in the Twentieth Century.

Image courtesy of Mary Page Ferrell

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