John H. Adams House

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John H. Adams House
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Location1108 N. Main St., High Point, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°58′10″N80°0′56″W / 35.96944°N 80.01556°W / 35.96944; -80.01556
Arealess than one acre
Built1918 (1918)
Architectural styleItalian Renaissance
NRHP reference No. 00001641 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 11, 2001

John H. Adams House, also known as Davis Funeral Home, is a historic home located at High Point, Guilford County, North Carolina. It was built in 1918, and is a two-story, five-bay, stuccoed frame structure in the Italian Renaissance style. It has a low pitched, deck-hipped roof with terra cotta, widely overhanging boxed eaves, and a three-bay recessed upper porch or loggia with semi-circular arches. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. [1] It is located in the Uptown Suburbs Historic District.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Langdon E. Oppermann (July 2000). "John H. Adams House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved December 1, 2014.