H. C. Watson House

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H. C. Watson House
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H. C. Watson House, March 2007
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Location526 Caroline St., Rockingham, North Carolina
Coordinates 34°55′57″N79°46′39″W / 34.93250°N 79.77750°W / 34.93250; -79.77750 Coordinates: 34°55′57″N79°46′39″W / 34.93250°N 79.77750°W / 34.93250; -79.77750
Area5 acres (2.0 ha)
Builtc. 1885 (1885), c. 1900
Architectural styleClassical Revival
MPS Rockingham MRA
NRHP reference No. 83001909 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 22, 1983

H. C. Watson House is a historic home located at Rockingham, Richmond County, North Carolina. It was built about 1885, and remodeled in the early-1900s in the Classical Revival style. It is a two-story, frame dwelling with a truncated slate hipped roof with a widow's walk and two story pedimented portico with fluted Ionic order columns. It features a formal wraparound porch and attached porte cochere. Also on the property are the contributing frame, gabled three-car garage, a small barn, and detached cookhouse. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [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. Heather M. Hallenberg (May 1981). "H. C. Watson House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.