Adams-Edwards House

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Adams-Edwards House
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Location5400 Tryon Rd., near Raleigh, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°44′54″N78°43′53″W / 35.74833°N 78.73139°W / 35.74833; -78.73139 Coordinates: 35°44′54″N78°43′53″W / 35.74833°N 78.73139°W / 35.74833; -78.73139
Area3.9 acres (1.6 ha)
Builtc. 1850 (1850), c. 1860, c. 1880, c. 1900
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Three-room plan house
MPS Wake County MPS
NRHP reference No. 06001109 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 6, 2006

Adams-Edwards House is a historic home located near Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina. The original section of the house was built about 1850, and is a single-story, single-pile, side-gabled house with Greek Revival-style design elements. It has a centered front gable, a 3/4-width hip-roofed front porch, and a one-story gabled rear ell. Additions and alterations were made to the original house about 1860, about 1880, and about 1900. Also on the property is a contributing well house (c. 1900). [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 6, 2006. [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. Cynthia de Miranda (February 2006). "Adams-Edwards House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-05-01.