Joseph B. Littlejohn House

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Joseph B. Littlejohn House
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LocationHigh St., Oxford, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°18′43″N78°34′49″W / 36.31194°N 78.58028°W / 36.31194; -78.58028
Area3.1 acres (1.3 ha)
Built1820 (1820)
Architectural styleGeorgian, Federal, Trans. Georgian/Federal
MPS Granville County MPS
NRHP reference No. 88001268 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 31, 1988

Joseph B. Littlejohn House is a historic home located at Oxford, Granville County, North Carolina built between about 1820 and 1832. Originally the residence of Anna Maria and Joseph Blount Littlejohn, it is a two-story, five-bay, transitional Federal / Georgian style heavy timber frame dwelling. [2]

William A. Devin (1871–1959) lived in the house as a child, and Frank William Bullock Jr. owned it during the 1970s and early 1980s. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. [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. Marvin Brown and Patricia Esperon (December 1987). "Joseph B. Littlejohn House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved November 1, 2014.