Jennings-Baker House

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Jennings-Baker House
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Location608 Vance St., Reidsville, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°21′19″N79°40′42″W / 36.35528°N 79.67833°W / 36.35528; -79.67833
Arealess than one acre
Builtc. 1888 (1888)
Built byWilliam G. Jennings
Architectural styleGothic, Italianate
MPS Reidsville MRA
NRHP reference No. 86003387 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 12, 1987

Jennings-Baker House is a historic home located at Reidsville, Rockingham County, North Carolina. It was built about 1888, and is a two-story, three-bay, solid masonry dwelling with vernacular Gothic and Italianate style design elements. It has symmetrical two-story, five-sided projecting bays and two-tier hip roofed porch on the front facade. [2]

Jennings-Baker House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. [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. Allison Harris Black (January 1986). "Jennings-Baker House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.