Brown-Cowles House and Cowles Law Office

Brown-Cowles House and Cowles Law Office
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Facade, seen from the street
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Location	200 and 106 E. Main St., Wilkesboro, North Carolina
Coordinates	36°8′57″N81°9′1″W / 36.14917°N 81.15028°W / 36.14917; -81.15028
Area	1.3 acres (0.53 ha)
Built	c. 1834 (1834), c. 1871
Architectural style	Late Victorian, Federal
MPS	Wilkesboro MRA
NRHP reference No.	82003522 [1]
Added to NRHP	August 24, 1982

Brown-Cowles House and Cowles Law Office, also known as the Paul Osborne House and Law and Bride Cottage, is a historic home and law office located at Wilkesboro in Wilkes County, North Carolina, United States. The Cowles Law Office was built about 1871, and is a small one-story frame building with gable roof and single-shoulder end chimney. The original section of the Brown-Cowles House was built about 1834, and enlarged with a two-story wing by 1885 and enlarged again between 1920 and 1926. It is a two-story frame dwelling with Federal style detailing. Also on the property are the contributing curing house and kitchen. It was the home of William H. H. Cowles (1840-1901), a lawyer and four-term Congressman during the 1880s and 1890s. ^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. ^[1]

See also

• Alfred Moore Scales Law Office: NRHP listing in Madison, North Carolina
• Thomas B. Finley Law Office: NRHP listing also in Wilkesboro, North Carolina
• Archibald Henderson Law Office: NRHP listing in Salisbury, North Carolina
• Nash Law Office: NRHP listing in Hillsborough, North Carolina
• Zollicoffer's Law Office: NRHP listing in Henderson, North Carolina
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Wilkes County, North Carolina

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Laura A. W. Phillips (May 1980). "Brown-Cowles House and Cowles Law Office" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved July 1, 2015.