Benjamin W. Best House | |
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| Location | 2193 Mewborn Church Road (SR 1146), near Jason, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°24′42″N77°45′43″W / 35.41167°N 77.76194°W |
| Area | 3 acres (1.2 ha) |
| Built | c. 1850 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 05000349 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 3, 2006 |
Benjamin W. Best House is a historic house located near Jason, Greene County, North Carolina.
It was built about 1850, and is a two-story, three-bay, Greek Revival style heavy timber frame dwelling. It has a two-story rear ell and low hip roof. When threatened with demolition, it was moved to its present location in 1998. [2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 3, 2006. [1]
Berkeley Plantation, one of the first plantations in America, comprises about 1,000 acres (400 ha) on the banks of the James River on State Route 5 in Charles City County, Virginia. Berkeley Plantation was originally called Berkeley Hundred, named after the Berkeley Company of England. In 1726, it became the ancestral home of the Harrison family of Virginia, after Benjamin Harrison IV located there and built one of the first three-story brick mansions in Virginia. It is the home to two presidents of the United States: William Henry Harrison, and his grandson Benjamin Harrison. It is now a museum property, open to the public.
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