Cedar Dell

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Cedar Dell
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Cedar Dell, September 2013
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LocationSoutheast of Falling Creek on SR 1338, near Falling Creek, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°15′17″N77°41′20″W / 35.25472°N 77.68889°W / 35.25472; -77.68889
Area7 acres (2.8 ha)
Builtc. 1820 (1820)
Architectural styleGothic, Federal, New Bern side-hall plan
NRHP reference No. 71000600 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 26, 1971

Cedar Dell, also known as Kennedy Memorial Home, is a historic plantation house located near Falling Creek, Lenoir County, North Carolina. It was originally constructed about 1820 as a two-story, three-bay, Federal style brick dwelling with a side-hall plan. It was enlarged to five bays wide and converted to a Victorian Gothic central hall plan mansion. The front facade features a one-story Eastlake-style porch with a low roof topped by a wrought iron balustrade and the rear facade has a two-tier porch. Also on the front facade is a large bay window with a roof identical to that on the porch. The house and property were deeded for use as an orphanage in 1912. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. [1] It is located in the Kennedy Memorial Home Historic District.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. John B. Wells, III (May 1971). "Cedar Dell" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-01-01.