Robert L. Blalock House

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Robert L. Blalock House
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Robert L. Blalock House, September 2013
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Location300 S. McLewean St., Kinston, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°15′25″N77°34′47″W / 35.25694°N 77.57972°W / 35.25694; -77.57972
Area0.4 acres (0.16 ha)
Built1914 (1914)
Built byRobert L. Blalock
Architectural styleClassical Revival, Greek Revival
MPS Kinston MPS
NRHP reference No. 89001772 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 8, 1989

Robert L. Blalock House is a historic home located at Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina. It consists of the original two-story, three-bay, double-pile, side-hall-plan Greek Revival style main block dated to the 1850s, and a large, two-story rear ell. It has a one-story gable-roofed wing and a small shed-roofed room north of the rear ell and a complex arrangement of one- and two-story additions and enclosed porches to the south. The house was renovated in the 1920s in the Classical Revival style. It features a full-width front porch supported by groups of square-section brick columns with a round corner pavilion and porte-cochère. It has housed a funeral home since 1947. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Allison H. Black (June 1989). "Robert L. Blalock House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-01-01.