The North Carolina State Capitol is the former seat of the legislature of the U.S. state of North Carolina which housed all of the state's government until 1888. The Supreme Court and State Library moved into a separate building in 1888, and the General Assembly moved into the State Legislative Building in 1963. Today, the governor and his immediate staff occupy offices on the first floor of the Capitol.
Efland is a census-designated place in Orange County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 852, up from the 2010 census population of 734.
The Hood–Anderson Farm is a historic home and farm and national historic district located at Eagle Rock, Wake County, North Carolina, a suburb of the state capital Raleigh. The main house was built about 1839, and is an example of transitional Federal / Greek Revival style I-house. It is two stories with a low-pitched hip roof and a rear two-story, hipped-roof ell. The front facade features a large, one-story porch, built in 1917, supported by Tuscan order columns. Also on the property are the contributing combined general store and post office (1854), a one-room dwelling, a two-room tenant/slave house, a barn (1912), a smokehouse, and several other outbuildings and sites including a family cemetery.
The Myers-White House, also known as Sycamore Grove, is a private residence located near Hertford in the Bethel Township of Perquimans County, North Carolina. It is one of the oldest private homes in the state. The exact construction date is not known. It was likely constructed in the early 1700s. Thomas Long (~1730) is assumed to be the architect and builder. It is a 1+1⁄2-story frame dwelling with brick ends and a gambrel roof. It is one of the two known gambrel roof houses with brick ends in the state. It is a member of the small group of 18th century frame houses with brick ends in northeast North Carolina; the group includes the Sutton-Newby House and the Old Brick House.
The William R. Davie House, on Norman St. in Halifax, Halifax County, North Carolina, is a historic house with significance dating from 1783. William R. Davie (1754–1820) was born in England. He was a Founding Father of the United States and a patriot officer of mounted troops in the American Revolution who attended the Constitutional Convention from North Carolina, served as governor of North Carolina, served as a special ambassador to France during the XYZ Affair, and served in the North Carolina legislature. The house, also known as Loretta, was built on five acres that Davie bought in 1783. It was built starting probably in about 1785. It is a large two-story, frame side-hall plan house beneath a gable roof. It has a two-story wing raised from an earlier one-story wing and a number of one-story rear additions. The house is sheathed in weatherboard and rests on a brick foundation.
Ravenscroft School, also known as Chateau Nollman, is a historic school building located at Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. The oldest section was built about 1845, and is a two- to three-story brick building in the Greek Revival style. It consists of a squat, three-story, pyramidal-roofed tower with projecting two-story rectangular wings. The building has a number of later additions including a two-story brick wing and two-story frame wing. It was originally built as a residence, and housed a school from 1856 to the turn of the 20th century. It was used as a boarding or rooming house until 1977. The building is currently used as office space.
Franklin Pierce Tate House is a historic home located at Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina. It was designed by architect Electus D. Litchfield and completed in 1928. It is a two-story, Colonial Revival style dwelling constructed of irregularly-coursed, rock-faced granite blocks.
John Alexander Lackey House is a historic home located at Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina. It was built about 1900, and is a two-story, "T"-shaped, gable roofed, brick farmhouse. It has a one-story, gabled kitchen wing. The house features Colonial Revival style detailing.
Redmond-Shackelford House is a historic home located at Tarboro, Edgecombe County, North Carolina. It was built in 1885, and is a two-story, three bay Second Empire style stuccoed brick dwelling with a one-story rear wing. It features concave mansard roofs on both sections with round-arched dormers. The interior features an array of painted and plaster ornament. The decoration is attributed to Edward Zoeller, a Bavarian fresco painter, who also decorated the Howell Homeplace. Also on the property is a contributing brick kitchen with a hipped roof.
Dr. David P. Weir House is a historic home located at Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina. It was built about 1846, and is a two-story, frame structure with Greek Revival and Italianate style design elements. It has a low hip roof pierced by two interior chimneys and a one-story kitchen wing. The house was expanded in 1961 by created a large meeting space at the front of the house for the Greensboro Woman's Club. The house may have been built from a plan provided by the well-known New York architect Alexander Jackson Davis.
The Black-Cole House is a historic plantation house located near Eastwood, Moore County, North Carolina.
Amis-Bragg House is a historic home located at Jackson, Northampton County, North Carolina. It was built about 1840, and is a two-story, five-bay, single-pile Greek Revival style frame house with a two-story ell and one-story kitchen wing. It has a hipped roof and interior end chimneys. It was the home of Thomas Bragg Jr. (1810-1872), North Carolina governor and member of the United States Senate, purchased the house in 1843 and lived here until 1855.
Robert J. Lang Jr. House is a historic home located near Fountain, Pitt County, North Carolina. It was built about 1870, and is a one-story, three-bay, double pile Greek Revival / Italianate style frame dwelling. It is sheathed in clapboard siding, has a gable roof, and a detached rear kitchen wing. It features a nearly full-width hipped roof front porch and flanking stuccoed brick chimneys.
The Marley House is a historic homestead located near Staley, Randolph County, North Carolina. The house dates to about 1816, and is a two-story vernacular dwelling of frame and log construction. A one-story, gable-roofed frame rear wing was added in the 1840s or 1850s, then enlarged about 1920. Also on the property are the contributing well house, garage, smokehouse and woodshed, livestock barn, and Marley's Mill Dam.
Harper House, also known as the Ragan House, is a historic farmhouse located in Trinity Township, near Archdale, Randolph County, North Carolina. It was built about 1815, and is a two-story, three bay by two bay, Federal period frame dwelling, with a lower two-story, three bay by two bay wing. It has a hipped roof, rests on a brick foundation, and has flanking exterior end chimneys.
Gov. David S. Reid House is a historic house located at Reidsville, Rockingham County, North Carolina. It was built about 1881, and is a two-story, "T"-shaped, Late Victorian style frame dwelling. It sits on a brick foundation and has a gable roof and original one-story, rear shed projection and one-story rear kitchen wing. The front facade features a hipped roof entrance porch. It was the home of the home of North Carolina Governor David Settle Reid (1813-1891) from 1881 until his death in 1891.
Fewell-Reynolds House is a historic home located near Madison, Rockingham County, North Carolina. It was built about 1820, and is a two-story, six bay, central hall plan, Federal style frame dwelling with a one-story wing. It sits on a stone and brick foundation and has a steeply pitched gable roof. The front facade features a four bay shed roofed porch.
Leonidas R. Wyatt House is a historic home in Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina. It was built in 1881-1882 and is a two-story, "Triple-A" frame I-house with Italianate-style design elements. It has two one-story real ells connected by a hyphen. It has a hipped and shed-roofed wing added in the early 20th century and a small second-story, shed-roofed rear wing added in the 1920s. It was moved to its present location in June 1988.
Edmondson-Woodward House is a historic plantation house located near Stantonsburg, Wilson County, North Carolina. It was built about 1830, and is a two-story, three-bay, single pile, "L"-plan, Federal style frame dwelling. It has a two-story wing added in the mid-19th century, side gable roof, exterior end chimneys, and hipped-roof porch with flared columns.
The R.M. Knox House is a historic house at 1504 West 6th Street in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. It is a two-story wood-frame structure, with a T-shaped floor plan and a cross-gable roof. A mansard-roofed tower rises at the center of the house, and an elaborately decorated two-story porch extends across a portion of the front. The house was built in 1885 for Richard Morris Knox, a veteran of the American Civil War. It is one of the state's finest and most elaborate examples of the Eastlake style.
