Berkeley Plantation, one of the first plantations in America, comprises about 1,000 acres (400 ha) on the banks of the James River on State Route 5 in Charles City County, Virginia. Berkeley Plantation was originally called Berkeley Hundred and named after the Berkeley Company of England. Benjamin Harrison IV built on the estate what is believed to be the oldest three-story brick mansion in Virginia and is the ancestral home to two Presidents of the United States: William Henry Harrison, his grandson, and Benjamin Harrison his great-great-grandson. It is now a museum property, open to the public.
Sevierville is a city in and the county seat of Sevier County, Tennessee, located in Eastern Tennessee. The population was 14,807 at the 2010 United States Census and 16,355 according to the 2014 census estimate.
George Franklin Barber was an American architect best known for his residential designs, which he marketed worldwide through a series of mail-order catalogs. Barber was one of the most successful domestic architects of the late Victorian period in the United States, and his plans were used for houses in all 50 U.S. states, and in nations as far away as Japan and the Philippines. Over four dozen Barber houses are individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and several dozen more are listed as part of historic districts.
This is a list of structures, sites, districts, and objects on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina:
William Henry Harrison Cowles was a North Carolina Democratic politician who served four terms in the United States House of Representatives.
The Thomas Wolfe House, also known as the Thomas Wolfe Memorial, is a state historic site, historic house and museum located at 52 North Market Street in downtown Asheville, North Carolina. The American author Thomas Wolfe (1900-1938) lived in the home during his boyhood. The house was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1971 for its association with Wolfe. It is located in the Downtown Asheville Historic District.
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Swan Ponds is a historic plantation house located near Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina. It was built in 1848, and is a two-story, three bay, brick mansion with a low hip roof in the Greek Revival style. It features a one-story low hip-roof porch with bracketed eaves, a low pedimented central pavilion, and square columns. Swan Ponds plantation was the home of Waightstill Avery (1741–1821), an early American lawyer and soldier. His son Isaac Thomas Avery built the present Swan Ponds dwelling. Swan Ponds was the birthplace of North Carolina politician and lawyer William Waightstill Avery (1816–1864), Clarke Moulton Avery owner of Magnolia Place, and Confederate States Army officer Isaac E. Avery (1828–1863).
Alphonse Calhoun Avery House, also known as the Avery-Surnrnersette House, is a historic home located at Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina. It was built about 1876, and is a two-story, U-shaped, Late Victorian style brick house. It features 2-l/2-story, squarish, brick tower topped by a mansard roof.
Isaac H. Smith Jr. House is a historic home located at New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina. It was built between 1923 and 1924, and is a two-story American Craftsman style frame dwelling with a brick basement and small attic story. It was the home of Isaac H. Smith Jr. (1899-1953), one of New Bern's most financially successful African-American businessmen.
Isaac Taylor House, also known as the Taylor-Ward House, is a historic home located at New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina. It was built about 1796, and is a three-story, three bay, side hall plan Federal style brick dwelling.
Holt-Harrison House is a historic home located at Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina. It was built about 1897, and is a two-story, three bay, hip roofed, Colonial Revival style frame dwelling. It has a double-pile central-hall plan, and a two-story portico that is a replacement.
Isaac M. Powers House is a historic home located at Wallace, Duplin County, North Carolina. It was built about 1878, and is a one-story, single pile, three bay, frame dwelling with Greek Revival style design elements. A former rear ell was destroyed by fire in 1979. Also on the property are the contributing smokehouse. It was the home of Reverend Isaac Powers (1850-1936), one of the first African-American landowners in Duplin County.
Col. Isaac Beeson House is a historic home located near Colfax, Guilford County, North Carolina. It was built about 1790, and is a two-story, three-bay, Federal style brick dwelling with a Quaker plan. It has single shoulder exterior end chimneys and a one-story gable roofed wing.
Isaac White House, also known as the Thomas White House, was a historic home located near Bethel, Perquimans County, North Carolina. It was built about 1716, and was a two-story, three bay, hall-and-parlor plan frame house with semi-engaged, two-tier porch. It had a side gable roof, and featured flanking gable end brick chimneys with steep double shoulders. The house has been moved to 612 Holiday Island Road in Hertford NC, and is being restored by Down East Preservation and Old Town Wood Floors.
Owen-Harrison House is a historic plantation house located near Mill Bridge, Rowan County, North Carolina. It was built in 1843, and is a 2 1/2-story, four bay, double pile brick dwelling with Federal / Greek Revival-style design elements. The front facade has a restored one-story pedimented porch and there are two chimneys on each gable end.
Isaac Williams House is a historic home located near Newton Grove, Sampson County, North Carolina. The farmhouse was built about 1867, and is a one-story, double-pile, five bay-by-four bay, transitional "Triple-A" frame dwelling, with Greek Revival style design elements. It has a prominent front cross-gable roof and hip roofed, three bay, front porch. A 1 1/2-story rear ell was added about 1980. Also on the property are the contributing servants quarters, family cemetery, and surrounding fields and woodlands.
Durrett-Jarratt House, also known as the Isaac Jarratt House, is historic plantation house located near Enon, Yadkin County, North Carolina. It was built about 1820, and is a large, two-story, four bay, Federal style frame dwelling. It rests on a brick foundation, has molded weatherboard siding, a gable roof and exterior brick end chimneys. It has a mid-19th century shed roofed front porch, and dining room and kitchen additions. Also on the property is a contributing commissary building. The interior features original wood graining and decorative painting.
The Isaac W. Harrison House is a historic building located in the Cork Hill neighborhood of Davenport, Iowa, United States. It is a somewhat simplified version of the Italianate style found in the city of Davenport. The house is a two-story, three–bay, frame structure with an entrance that is to the left of center. Like many early Italianate homes in Davenport it retained some features of the Greek Revival style. These are found in the glass framed doorway and the simple window pediments. It is also features bracketed eaves and is capped with a hipped roof. The house has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 2015.
