Nashville is a town in Nash County, North Carolina, United States. The town was founded in 1780 and features Victorian and Queen Anne style homes. It is part of the Rocky Mount, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population of Nashville was 5,632 in 2020. It is the county seat of Nash County. The town and its county were named for Francis Nash, an officer of the North Carolina militia who died in the American Revolutionary War.
Stagville Plantation is located in Durham County, North Carolina. With buildings constructed from the late 18th century to the mid-19th century, Stagville was part of one of the largest plantation complexes in the American South. The entire complex was owned by the Bennehan, Mantack and Cameron families; it comprised roughly 30,000 acres (120 km2) and was home to almost 900 enslaved African Americans in 1860.
Harold Dunbar Cooley was an American politician of the Democratic Party. He represented the Fourth Congressional district of North Carolina from 1934 to 1966.
The Thomas Wolfe House, also known as the Thomas Wolfe Memorial, is a state historic site, historic house and museum located at 52 North Market Street in downtown Asheville, North Carolina. The American author Thomas Wolfe (1900–1938) lived in the home during his boyhood. The house was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1971 for its association with Wolfe. It is located in the Downtown Asheville Historic District.
The Green-Hartsfield House, also known as the Hartsfield House, is a historic home located near Rolesville, Wake County, North Carolina, a satellite town northeast of the state capital Raleigh. Built in 1805, the house is an example of Late Georgian / Early Federal style architecture. It is a two-story, three bay, single pile, frame dwelling sheathed in weatherboard, with a two-story gable-roofed rear ell. A one-story rear shed addition was added in the 1940s. The house was restored between 1985 and 1987. Also on the property is a contributing frame barn.
Kerr-Patton House, also known as the S. W. Patton House, is a historic home located near Thompson, Alamance County, North Carolina. It was built about 1820, and is a two-story, frame hall-and-parlor plan, Federal style farmhouse. A rear wing was added in the late-19th century. Also on the property are the contributing small salt house, outhouse, and the roadbed of the Great (Indian) Trading Path.
Dr. E. H. Ward Farm is a historic home and farm located near Bynum, Chatham County, North Carolina. The main house was built in sections during the mid-19th through early-20th century beginning about 1840. The earliest section is a 1+1⁄2-story, gable-roofed, two room log structure, that forms the rear of the main section. The main section was built about 1870, and is a one-story, gable-roofed frame structure with a simple gable-front porch. A one-story board-and-batten rear ell was added about 1900. Also on the property are the contributing office of Dr. Ward, carriage house and gear room, board-and-batten barn and log cribs, smokehouse and pen, and a small brick well house.
Whitehead-Fogleman Farm is a historic home and farm located near Crutchfield Crossroads, Chatham County, North Carolina. The main house was built about 1838, and is a two-story, Federal style frame dwelling. Also on the property are the contributing saddle-notch log corn crib, a square-notch log and board-and-batten well house, a large V-notch log barn, and a one-room board-and-batten kitchen.
DeGraffenreidt-Johnson House is a historic home located near Silk Hope, Chatham County, North Carolina. It was built about 1850, and is a two-story, three bay vernacular Greek Revival style frame dwelling. It features a low hipped roof and one-story porch. The house is almost identical to the nearby William P. Hadley House.
Powe House is a historic home located at Durham, Durham County, North Carolina. It was built in 1900, and is a two-story, Neoclassical style frame dwelling with a large hip-roofed core and pedimented wings. When built, it featured a one-story wraparound porch and an overlapping two-story portico at the central entrance bay.
William Fields House is a historic home located at Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina. It was built between 1875 and 1879, and is a 1+1⁄2-story, three-bay, "T"-plan Gothic Revival style brick dwelling with a one-story rear wing.
Harden Thomas Martin House is a historic home located at Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina. It was built in 1909, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, double pile, Colonial Revival style frame dwelling. It consists of a main block with shallow, gable-roofed projections; two one-story, hip-roofed rear wings; and a porte-cochere. The front facade features a bowed, two-story portico supported by four fluted Ionic order columns with large terra cotta capitals. Also on the property are two contributing frame outbuildings.
W. J. Little House, also known as the Little House, is a historic home located at Robersonville, Martin County, North Carolina. It was built in 1913–1914, and is a two-story, three-bay, double-pile Classical Revival style frame dwelling. It has a hipped slate roof topped by a Chippendale-style balustrade, a two-story entrance portico, a one-story wrap-around porch, and a porte-cochère.
Nashville Historic District is a national historic district located at Nashville, Nash County, North Carolina. It encompasses 142 contributing buildings and 3 contributing structures in the rural county seat of Nashville. The buildings primarily date between 1890 and 1930, and include notable examples of Greek Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, and Classical Revival style architecture. Located in the district are the separately listed Bissette-Cooley House and Nash County Courthouse. Other notable buildings include the Graphic Building, Baldy Batchelor Livery Stable, Weldon's Department Store (1913), Ricks-Strickland House (1890s), Squire Harper House (1868), two metal-veneered "Lustron houses," Neville-Strickland House (1907), Primitive Baptist Church, First Methodist Church (1923), and former Baptist Church.
Mabel Pugh (1891–1986) was an art teacher, painter, woodblock printmaker and illustrator.
George W. Logan House, also known as Jobe Hill, is a historic home located near Rutherfordton, Rutherford County, North Carolina. It built about 1842, and is a one-story, five bay, Georgian plan frame dwelling. It is sheathed in weatherboard, has a side gable roof, and two rebuilt exterior end chimneys. It was enlarged and remodeled in the 1890s and in 1985. Also on the property are the contributing brick well house, dairy, outhouse, smokehouse, granary, log double corncrib, and a large log barn. It was the home of prominent North Carolina politician George Washington Logan (1815-1889).
Troy Herring House is a historic home located at Roseboro, Sampson County, North Carolina. It was built in 1912, and is a two-story, three bay by five bay, Classical Revival style frame dwelling with a truncated hipped roof. The front features a two-story central portico, with paired and fluted Ionic order columns and a one-story wraparound porch with Ionic order capitals. The house is similar to one built by Troy Herring's first cousin Robert Herring of Roseboro in 1916.
Howard-Royal House is a historic home located at Salemburg, Sampson County, North Carolina. It was built in 1892, and is a two-story, three bay by one bay, single pile, frame dwelling with a rear ell. It has a gable roof and a central two-tier porch flanked by two-story, octagonal bay windows. Also on the property is a contributing shed.
Marshall-Harris-Richardson House is a historic home located at Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina. It was built about 1900, and is a two-story, asymmetrical, Queen Anne-style frame dwelling. It has a one-story, hip roofed front porch. It features a steeply-pitched truncated hipped roof with projecting gables. It was moved to its present location in the fall of 1985.
The Cooley-Whitney House is a historic house located on Grove Street in Decorah, Iowa, United States.
