Edgar Harvey Hennis House

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Edgar Harvey Hennis House
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Location1056 N. Main St., Mount Airy, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°30′43″N80°36′29″W / 36.51194°N 80.60806°W / 36.51194; -80.60806 Coordinates: 36°30′43″N80°36′29″W / 36.51194°N 80.60806°W / 36.51194; -80.60806
Arealess than one acre
Built1909 (1909)
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Late Victorian
NRHP reference No. 86000318 [1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 20, 1986

Edgar Harvey Hennis House is a historic home located at Mount Airy, Surry County, North Carolina. It was built in 1909, and is a 1+12-story, three bay by eight bay, Late Victorian / Colonial Revival style brick veneer dwelling. It has a two-story rear ell with two-tier porch, a hipped roof with multiple projecting gables, four corbelled interior chimneys, and a wraparound porch. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. [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. Patricia S. Dickinson (November 1985). "Edgar Harvey Hennis House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-05-01.