James Mangum House
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James Mangum House
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| Location | Southwest of Durham off NC 751, near Creedmoor, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 36°01′22″N 78°41′58″W / 36.02278°N 78.69944°WCoordinates: 36°01′22″N 78°41′58″W / 36.02278°N 78.69944°W |
| Area | 5 acres (2.0 ha) |
| Built | 1838 |
| Architect | Unknown |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| NRHP Reference # | 74001379 |
| Added to NRHP | November 18, 1974 |
The James Mangum House is a historic home located near Creedmoor, Wake County, North Carolina. Built in 1838, it is an example of Federal architecture. In November 1974, the James Mangum House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The house stands on the eastern shore of Beaverdam Lake in northwestern Wake County, North Carolina. In the 1970s, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) acquired the house and land for inclusion in the Beaverdam Recreation Area of the Falls Lake State Recreation Area. The house went through extensive rehabilitation as well as an archeological survey of the immediate grounds by the USACE. In 1992, the NC Division of Parks and Recreation took control of the house as part of Beaverdam Recreation Area.
Referred to by many locals as the Sandling House or Mangum-Sandling House, the James Mangum House is a large, two-story farmhouse, one room deep, with an off-center hall. A one-story section on the north comprises an ell that houses the kitchen. The interior of the house features extensive use of a vernacular Greek Revival-style of woodworking, particularly in the mantel pieces. Architecturally (and perhaps archaeologically) the Mangum House and farmstead represent a significant remnant of the region's antebellum rural history.
In 1874 (some evidence suggests the house was built between 1824 and 1844), Brigadier General James Manuel Mangum (1796–1854) and his wife, Lydia Ferrell Mangum (1790–1874), built the house on Little Beaverdam Creek (present-day Beaverdam Lake, part of the Falls Lake Reservoir Project). It is a two-story farm house that at one time sat on just over 1,000 acres (400 ha) of farmland. It is believed that the house may have been built on land that Lydia inherited from her father, land which became James' property upon their marriage.
According to General Mangum's last will and testament, all his land and holdings were to be used by his widow, Lydia, and upon her death, to be divided up and sold at auction. Lydia, however, lived for another 20 years, until 1874. The final disposition of the General's property would not take place until 40 years after his death.
A man by the name of Henry Kearney Sandling (1831–1892) bought one tract of land on Beaverdam creek on the north side of the Fishdam Road. Known as the house tract, Henry paid $6.76 per acre ($3751.80) for the land. This tract contained the house and all the other outbuildings.
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