Dred and Ellen Yelverton House

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Dred and Ellen Yelverton House
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Location1979 NC 222 E., near Fremont in Wayne County, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°31′58″N77°54′47″W / 35.53278°N 77.91306°W / 35.53278; -77.91306 Coordinates: 35°31′58″N77°54′47″W / 35.53278°N 77.91306°W / 35.53278; -77.91306
Area8.4 acres (3.4 ha)
Builtc. 1913 (1913)
Built byDickerson, Claude
Architect Barber & Klutz
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Queen Anne
NRHP reference No. 09000662 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 27, 2009

The Dred and Ellen Yelverton House is a historic home located near Fremont, Wayne County, North Carolina. It was designed by architect George Franklin Barber, is one of the most intact Barber houses in North Carolina. It was built about 1913, and is a two-story, weatherboarded frame dwelling with elements of Queen Anne and Colonial Revival style architecture. It has a steep deck-on-hip slate roof, one-story rear ell, and one- and two-story wraparound verandah. Also on the property is a contributing Carbide House (c. 1913). [2]

The building was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 2009. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. M. Ruth Little (February 2009). "Dred and Ellen Yelverton House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-07-01.