A picture of the Caleb Stevens House and a caption is found on page 266 in the book "On the Shores of the Pasquotank: The Architectural Heritage of Elizabeth City and Pasquotank County, North Carolina" by Thomas R. Butchko. The caption is quoted as follows:
Caleb Stevens House
800 West Main Street
This large asymmetrical house is one of several once extravagantly decorated Eastlake style houses on Main Street that were updated with stylish Colonial Revival elements during the 1910's. The style change was effected primarily by the replacement of the original porch with one carried by handsome paneled pillars raised on brick pedestals; understated lateral brackets soften the lines. Surviving Victorian elements include the wood-shingled gables and bracketed pent window hoods. The house was built for Caleb W. Stevens (1862-1935) and his wife, Annie (Kellam) Stevens (1867-1952). Stevens came to Elizabeth City from Camden County ca. 1888 and for a short time operated a cigar factory; he later ran a grocery store, and still later was a real estate developer. The house remained the home of two of their children, Lillie Mae Stevens and Clyde Walston Stevens, until 1970.
In 2007, I, Bryan S. Godfrey, received an e-mail from the new owner of the house who had somehow found my website and was in the process of converting the home to a bed-and-breakfast. This is especially interesting in light of the fact that Aunt Annie's ancestral home, "Evergreen," on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, has also been a bed-and-breakfast, and its owner now rents out a honeymoon suite on the property, a home she built which is on an island with a moat from which she created a circular lake.
The address was originally 600 West Main Street, but somehow the numbers on the street were later changed, and it is now 800 West Main, with Holly Street to the side of the house.
Obituary from the "Norfolk Virginian-Pilot":
Carolina Deaths
Caleb W. Stevens
Elizabeth City, N.C., Oct. 18 (Special)--Caleb Walston Stevens, 73, died last night at 10:15 o'clock at his home, 600 West Main street, after about two weeks' illness. Mr. Stevens was a native of Camden County and had lived in Elizabeth City about 50 years.
Mr. Stevens is survived by his wife, Mrs. Annie Kellam Stevens; three daughters, Mrs. H.W. [Susan] Morrisette, Mrs. George J. [Pearl] Spence and Miss Lillie Mae Stevens; a son, Clyde W. Stevens, and two grandchildren, all of Elizabeth City; three sisters, Mrs. N.B. Walker, Mrs. W.A. Gregory and Miss Harriet Stevens, all of Shiloh; a brother P.W. Stevens, of Elizabeth City, and an uncle, Luke Stevens, of Shiloh.
Funeral services will be held at the home Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock by the Rev. E.H. Potts, pastor of First Baptist Church, assisted by the Rev. J.F. Colston, supply pastor of Blackwell Memorial Baptist Church. Burial will be in Hollywood Cemetery.
Caleb Stevens House
800 West Main Street
This large asymmetrical house is one of several once extravagantly decorated Eastlake style houses on Main Street that were updated with stylish Colonial Revival elements during the 1910's. The style change was effected primarily by the replacement of the original porch with one carried by handsome paneled pillars raised on brick pedestals; understated lateral brackets soften the lines. Surviving Victorian elements include the wood-shingled gables and bracketed pent window hoods. The house was built for Caleb W. Stevens (1862-1935) and his wife, Annie (Kellam) Stevens (1867-1952). Stevens came to Elizabeth City from Camden County ca. 1888 and for a short time operated a cigar factory; he later ran a grocery store, and still later was a real estate developer. The house remained the home of two of their children, Lillie Mae Stevens and Clyde Walston Stevens, until 1970.
In 2007, I, Bryan S. Godfrey, received an e-mail from the new owner of the house who had somehow found my website and was in the process of converting the home to a bed-and-breakfast. This is especially interesting in light of the fact that Aunt Annie's ancestral home, "Evergreen," on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, has also been a bed-and-breakfast, and its owner now rents out a honeymoon suite on the property, a home she built which is on an island with a moat from which she created a circular lake.
The address was originally 600 West Main Street, but somehow the numbers on the street were later changed, and it is now 800 West Main, with Holly Street to the side of the house.
Obituary from the "Norfolk Virginian-Pilot":
Carolina Deaths
Caleb W. Stevens
Elizabeth City, N.C., Oct. 18 (Special)--Caleb Walston Stevens, 73, died last night at 10:15 o'clock at his home, 600 West Main street, after about two weeks' illness. Mr. Stevens was a native of Camden County and had lived in Elizabeth City about 50 years.
Mr. Stevens is survived by his wife, Mrs. Annie Kellam Stevens; three daughters, Mrs. H.W. [Susan] Morrisette, Mrs. George J. [Pearl] Spence and Miss Lillie Mae Stevens; a son, Clyde W. Stevens, and two grandchildren, all of Elizabeth City; three sisters, Mrs. N.B. Walker, Mrs. W.A. Gregory and Miss Harriet Stevens, all of Shiloh; a brother P.W. Stevens, of Elizabeth City, and an uncle, Luke Stevens, of Shiloh.
Funeral services will be held at the home Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock by the Rev. E.H. Potts, pastor of First Baptist Church, assisted by the Rev. J.F. Colston, supply pastor of Blackwell Memorial Baptist Church. Burial will be in Hollywood Cemetery.
A picture of the Caleb Stevens House and a caption is found on page 266 in the book "On the Shores of the Pasquotank: The Architectural Heritage of Elizabeth City and Pasquotank County, North Carolina" by Thomas R. Butchko. The caption is quoted as follows:
Caleb Stevens House
800 West Main Street
This large asymmetrical house is one of several once extravagantly decorated Eastlake style houses on Main Street that were updated with stylish Colonial Revival elements during the 1910's. The style change was effected primarily by the replacement of the original porch with one carried by handsome paneled pillars raised on brick pedestals; understated lateral brackets soften the lines. Surviving Victorian elements include the wood-shingled gables and bracketed pent window hoods. The house was built for Caleb W. Stevens (1862-1935) and his wife, Annie (Kellam) Stevens (1867-1952). Stevens came to Elizabeth City from Camden County ca. 1888 and for a short time operated a cigar factory; he later ran a grocery store, and still later was a real estate developer. The house remained the home of two of their children, Lillie Mae Stevens and Clyde Walston Stevens, until 1970.
In 2007, I, Bryan S. Godfrey, received an e-mail from the new owner of the house who had somehow found my website and was in the process of converting the home to a bed-and-breakfast. This is especially interesting in light of the fact that Aunt Annie's ancestral home, "Evergreen," on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, has also been a bed-and-breakfast, and its owner now rents out a honeymoon suite on the property, a home she built which is on an island with a moat from which she created a circular lake.
The address was originally 600 West Main Street, but somehow the numbers on the street were later changed, and it is now 800 West Main, with Holly Street to the side of the house.
Obituary from the "Norfolk Virginian-Pilot":
Carolina Deaths
Caleb W. Stevens
Elizabeth City, N.C., Oct. 18 (Special)--Caleb Walston Stevens, 73, died last night at 10:15 o'clock at his home, 600 West Main street, after about two weeks' illness. Mr. Stevens was a native of Camden County and had lived in Elizabeth City about 50 years.
Mr. Stevens is survived by his wife, Mrs. Annie Kellam Stevens; three daughters, Mrs. H.W. [Susan] Morrisette, Mrs. George J. [Pearl] Spence and Miss Lillie Mae Stevens; a son, Clyde W. Stevens, and two grandchildren, all of Elizabeth City; three sisters, Mrs. N.B. Walker, Mrs. W.A. Gregory and Miss Harriet Stevens, all of Shiloh; a brother P.W. Stevens, of Elizabeth City, and an uncle, Luke Stevens, of Shiloh.
Funeral services will be held at the home Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock by the Rev. E.H. Potts, pastor of First Baptist Church, assisted by the Rev. J.F. Colston, supply pastor of Blackwell Memorial Baptist Church. Burial will be in Hollywood Cemetery.
Caleb Stevens House
800 West Main Street
This large asymmetrical house is one of several once extravagantly decorated Eastlake style houses on Main Street that were updated with stylish Colonial Revival elements during the 1910's. The style change was effected primarily by the replacement of the original porch with one carried by handsome paneled pillars raised on brick pedestals; understated lateral brackets soften the lines. Surviving Victorian elements include the wood-shingled gables and bracketed pent window hoods. The house was built for Caleb W. Stevens (1862-1935) and his wife, Annie (Kellam) Stevens (1867-1952). Stevens came to Elizabeth City from Camden County ca. 1888 and for a short time operated a cigar factory; he later ran a grocery store, and still later was a real estate developer. The house remained the home of two of their children, Lillie Mae Stevens and Clyde Walston Stevens, until 1970.
In 2007, I, Bryan S. Godfrey, received an e-mail from the new owner of the house who had somehow found my website and was in the process of converting the home to a bed-and-breakfast. This is especially interesting in light of the fact that Aunt Annie's ancestral home, "Evergreen," on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, has also been a bed-and-breakfast, and its owner now rents out a honeymoon suite on the property, a home she built which is on an island with a moat from which she created a circular lake.
The address was originally 600 West Main Street, but somehow the numbers on the street were later changed, and it is now 800 West Main, with Holly Street to the side of the house.
Obituary from the "Norfolk Virginian-Pilot":
Carolina Deaths
Caleb W. Stevens
Elizabeth City, N.C., Oct. 18 (Special)--Caleb Walston Stevens, 73, died last night at 10:15 o'clock at his home, 600 West Main street, after about two weeks' illness. Mr. Stevens was a native of Camden County and had lived in Elizabeth City about 50 years.
Mr. Stevens is survived by his wife, Mrs. Annie Kellam Stevens; three daughters, Mrs. H.W. [Susan] Morrisette, Mrs. George J. [Pearl] Spence and Miss Lillie Mae Stevens; a son, Clyde W. Stevens, and two grandchildren, all of Elizabeth City; three sisters, Mrs. N.B. Walker, Mrs. W.A. Gregory and Miss Harriet Stevens, all of Shiloh; a brother P.W. Stevens, of Elizabeth City, and an uncle, Luke Stevens, of Shiloh.
Funeral services will be held at the home Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock by the Rev. E.H. Potts, pastor of First Baptist Church, assisted by the Rev. J.F. Colston, supply pastor of Blackwell Memorial Baptist Church. Burial will be in Hollywood Cemetery.
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