Dr. Alexander C. Brabson House | |
Location | SR 1118, 0.6 mile S. of jct. with SR 1115, near Otto, North Carolina |
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Coordinates | 35°4′43″N83°23′25″W / 35.07861°N 83.39028°W Coordinates: 35°4′43″N83°23′25″W / 35.07861°N 83.39028°W |
Area | 39 acres (16 ha) |
Built | 1884 |
Architectural style | Vernacular 19th-20th century |
NRHP reference No. | 90001312 [1] |
Added to NRHP | August 23, 1990 |
The Dr. Alexander C. Brabson House is a historic house in rural Macon County, North Carolina. It is located off Academy Road (SR 1117) near the community of Otto.
The house consists of a 2+1⁄2-story main block with a side gable roof, and a rear single-story ell. A shed-roof porch extends across the main facade, in which a pair of windows flank a double-leaf door. The house was built in 1884 by Dr. Alexander C. Brabson, a longtime local country doctor known for his treatment of milk sickness. [2]
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 23, 1990. [1]
Coolmore Plantation, also known as Coolmore and the Powell House, is a historic plantation house located near Tarboro, Edgecombe County, North Carolina. Built in 1858–61, the main house is one of the finest Italianate style plantation houses in the state. The house and its similarly styled outbuildings were designed by Baltimore architect E. G. Lind for Dr. Joseph J.W. and Martha Powell. Coolmore was designated a National Historic Landmark for its architecture in 1978, and is a Save America's Treasures projects.
Rose Glen was an antebellum plantation in Sevier County, in the U.S. state of Tennessee. At its height, Rose Glen was one of the largest and most lucrative farms in Sevier County, and one of the most productive in East Tennessee. While the farm is no longer operational, the plantation house and several outbuildings— including a physician's office, loom house, and double-cantilever barn— have survived intact, and have been placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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