Freeman Hotel (Windsor, North Carolina)

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Freeman Hotel
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LocationYork and Granville Sts., Windsor, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°59′57″N76°56′43″W / 35.99917°N 76.94528°W / 35.99917; -76.94528
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Builtc. 1845 (1845)
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No. 82003432 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 9, 1982

Freeman Hotel is a historic hotel building located at Windsor, Bertie County, North Carolina. It was built about 1845, and is a two-story, five-bay, frame Greek Revival style building. It features a double portico. From about 1888 until 1936 the building served Windsor as a hotel of eight rooms and two dining rooms. The building was moved to its present location in 1981. [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [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. Marshall Bullock (April 1982). "Freeman Hotel" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2019-05-15.