The Pope House is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999, It was an official project of the Save America’s Treasures Program[2] and the city of Raleigh took over management of it, offering tours for the first time in 2012.

Although a few substantial homes were constructed by white families, when Reverend Henry Martin Tupper moved Shaw University to the neighborhood in 1870, many new African-American residents drawn to Raleigh after the Civil War settled in the area.

[4] Black professionals began to build homes in the area known as the Third Ward, which included the 500 block of South Wilmington Street.

[6] Pope installed the latest technology in his home, including combination gas and electric fixtures, a kitchen with running water, a full bathroom on the second floor, coal burning heating stoves, and a telephone.

The extensive family papers were sorted and catalogued, and donated to the Southern Historical Collection at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

The House that Dr. Pope Built: Race, Politics, Memory and the Early Struggle for Civil Rights in North Carolina (Thesis).