Nancy Jones House

Nancy Jones House is a historic home located near Cary, Wake County, North Carolina.

[4] Henry left the running tavern and the stagecoach stop to Nancy while he tended to the farms on the property and 32 enslaved people.

"[4] When Henry died in 1841, Nancy inherited the house and 434 acres (176 ha) and continued to run the tavern and stagecoach stop for another 30 years.

[4] On April 17, 1865, the day, Raleigh surrendered to Union General William T. Sherman, Major General Francis Preston Blair, Jr led the XVII Corps (Union Army) into Cary and established headquarters at the Nancy Jones House.

[4] Other owners of the house in the late 19th and early 20th centuries include businessman Russell O. Heater and civic and political leader Henry Adams.

[4] Audrey Mary and Thomas Robert Stone, who ran a barbeque restaurant in Cary, purchased the house and sixteen acres from Adams in 1935.

[4] Audrey Stone left the property to her nieces and nephews when she died in 1991, including April Gillespie of Raleigh, North Carolina.

[7] In 2016, the adjacent Sri Venkateswara Temple of North Carolina purchased the Nancy Jones House and property for its planned expansions.

[8] In May 2019, the town of Cary announced that it was purchasing the Nancy Jones House from Sri Venkateswara Temple for $100,000 in order to ensure its preservation.

It has a hall and parlor plan and features a double front portico topped by a broken pediment gable roof.

Nancy Jones House after relocation