Bell-Sherrod House

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Bell-Sherrod House
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Location207 SE Railroad St., Enfield, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°10′41″N77°40′6″W / 36.17806°N 77.66833°W / 36.17806; -77.66833 Coordinates: 36°10′41″N77°40′6″W / 36.17806°N 77.66833°W / 36.17806; -77.66833
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Builtc. 1859 (1859)
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Italianate
NRHP reference No. 88002027 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 20, 1988

Bell-Sherrod House is a historic home located at Enfield, Halifax County, North Carolina. It was built about 1859, and is a two-story, rectangular, Italianate-style frame dwelling, with a Greek Revival-style front porch. It has a shingled hip roof pierced by two interior chimneys and is sheathed in weatherboard. A conservatory was added about 1915. The house was restored about 1987. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. [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. Lauren Brook Taves and Maurice C. York (June 1988). "Bell-Sherrod House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.