Belvidere (Belvidere, North Carolina)

Belvidere
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Exum Newby House, HABS Photo, July 1940
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Location	NC 37, W of Perquimans River, Belvidere, North Carolina
Coordinates	36°16′8″N76°32′48″W / 36.26889°N 76.54667°W / 36.26889; -76.54667
Area	9 acres (3.6 ha)
Built	c. 1767 (1767)
Built by	Newby, Thomas
Architectural style	Georgian
NRHP reference No.	77001008 [1]
Added to NRHP	August 2, 1977

Belvidere, also known as the Exum Newby House and Lamb House, is a historic plantation house located at Belvidere, Perquimans County, North Carolina. It was built about 1767, and is a 1+1⁄2-story, five-bay, frame dwelling with an unusual hip on gambrel roof. The Georgian style dwelling is sheathed in weatherboard and rests on a brick pier foundation. In the mid-1970s, Belvidere was sold to radio personality Wolfman Jack. ^[2]

The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. ^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Carl Lounsbury and Raymond A. Winslow, Jr. (January 1976). "Belvidere" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved February 1, 2015.

External links

• Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. NC-38, " Exum Newby House, NC Route 37, Winfall, Perquimans County, NC ", 1 photo, 2 data pages