Murfreesboro is a town in Hertford County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 2,835 at the 2010 census. The town is home to Chowan University.
Jesse Johnson Yeates was a Democratic U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1875 and 1881.
Chowan University is a private Baptist university in Murfreesboro, North Carolina. Although the university is historically affiliated with the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, it accepts students of all backgrounds. It is the second-oldest Baptist school in North Carolina. The university offers associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees in 70 academic disciplines and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. The university enrolls about 1,000 students.
William Hardy Murfree, born in Hertford County, North Carolina, was a member of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina.
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Newbold-White House is a historic house in Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina.
Murfreesboro Historic District is a national historic district located at Murfreesboro, Hertford County, North Carolina. The district encompasses nine contributing buildings in the oldest section of the city of Murfreesboro. The buildings include notable examples of Greek Revival style architecture. They are the William Rea Store ; John Wheeler House birthplace of John H. Wheeler (1806-1882) and later home of Congressman Jesse Johnson Yeates (1829-1892); Myrick House ; Melrose home of Congressman William H. Murfree ; The Hertford Academy ; Roberts-Vaughan House ; Dr. Isaac Pipkin House ; Rose Bower ; and the Walter Reed House childhood home of Walter Reed.
Melrose is a historic home located in the Murfreesboro Historic District at Murfreesboro, Hertford County, North Carolina. It was built about 1805, as a two-story, Federal style brick dwelling with a gable roof and interior end chimneys. Two-story, two bay, Greek Revival style wings were added in the mid-19th century. It is seven bays wide and features a tetrastyle portico supported by Ionic order columns and a Second story semi-circular balcony. It was built by Congressman William H. Murfree, son of Hardy Murfree.
Myrick House is a historic home located in the Murfreesboro Historic District at Murfreesboro, Hertford County, North Carolina. It was built about 1805, and is a two-story, five bay, Federal style brick dwelling with a low hip roof and interior end chimneys. The front facade features a one-story hip roofed front porch supported by four fluted columns. It has a one-story, frame rear wing. It was built by James Morgan, a prominent local merchant.
Roberts-Vaughan House is a historic home located in the Murfreesboro Historic District at Murfreesboro, Hertford County, North Carolina. It was built about 1805, as a two-story, five bay, Federal style frame dwelling with a gable roof. The front facade features a large three bay tetrastyle pedimented portico in the Greek Revival style. It was built by Benjamin Roberts, a prominent local merchant.
John Wheeler House is a historic home located in the Murfreesboro Historic District at Murfreesboro, Hertford County, North Carolina. It was built about 1805, and is a two-story, three bay, vernacular Federal style brick dwelling with a central passage plan. The front facade features a later two-story pedimented portico. It was the birthplace of John H. Wheeler (1806-1882) and later home of Congressman Jesse Johnson Yeates (1829-1892).
William Rea Store is a historic commercial building located in the Murfreesboro Historic District at Murfreesboro, Hertford County, North Carolina. It was built about 1790, and is a two-story, three bay, brick building with a one-story, three bay wing. It is one of the oldest commercial buildings in North Carolina. It was built by William Rea, a wealthy Boston merchant.
The Columns, also known as the McDowell Columns Building, is a historic school building located at Murfreesboro, Hertford County, North Carolina. It was built about 1852, and is a three-story, Greek Revival style stuccoed brick building with a low hip roof and octagonal belvedere. The front facade features a massive portico supported by eight Doric order columns. It was built to house the Chowan Baptist Female Institute, later Chowan University. The building houses the school's administrative offices.
The Cedars, also known as the T. E. Browne House, is a historic home located near Murfreesboro, Hertford County, North Carolina. It was built about 1830, and is a two-story, Federal style frame dwelling with a hip roof. The front facade features a pedimented double portico supported by eight tapered columns. Also on the property are a contributing outbuilding and plank smokehouse.
Myrick–Yeates–Vaughan House, also known as the Yeates–Vaughan House, Uriah Vaughan Jr. House, and Sarah Vaughan House, was a historic home located at Murfreesboro, Hertford County, North Carolina. The "T"-plan house consisted of an earlier 1+1⁄2-story Federal style rear section with a two-story Greek Revival style front section. The Greek Revival was built between 1851 and 1855. It was owned by Congressman Jesse Johnson Yeates (1829-1892) during the 1870s. The house has been demolished.
Cowper-Thompson House, also known as the William Cowper House and Reverend Thompson House, is a historic home located at Murfreesboro, Hertford County, North Carolina. It was built about 1790, and is a 1+1⁄2-story, five bay, transitional Georgian / Federal style frame dwelling with a center-hall plan. It is sheathed in weatherboard and is connected to the original kitchen dependency by a new kitchen addition. The house was restored in 1978–1980.
David A. Barnes House is a historic home located at Murfreesboro, Hertford County, North Carolina. It was built in 1875, and is a two-story, three bay, Italianate style frame dwelling with a hip-roof. It is sheathed in weatherboard and features a one-story, hip-roof porch supported by four square-paneled posts with sawn brackets. Also on the property are the contributing five-hole privy, a kitchen house, and two miscellaneous outbuildings.
Francis Parker House, also known as Parker's Big Run or High House, is a historic home located near Murfreesboro, Northampton County, North Carolina. It was built about 1785, and is a 1+1⁄2-story, hall and parlor plan, Georgian style frame dwelling with a one-story rear wing. It has a gambrel roof, is sheathed in weatherboard, sits on a raised brick basement, and rebuilt massive paved double-shoulder exterior end chimneys. The house was moves to its present location in 1976. The contributing Vaughan house and pyramidal-roof frame dairy, were also moved to the site.
The Princeton Site, designated by the Smithsonian trinomial 31NHP93, is a historic archaeological site near Murfreesboro, North Carolina. The site encompasses the former town of "Prince Town" or "Princeton", a riverfront community settled by European Americans as early as the 1740s and incorporated in 1787. The town died out by 1810, probably due to poor economic conditions brought about by the silting of its harbor and reduced trade because of the Napoleonic Wars in Europe. Excavation took place at the site in 1984.
