King Parker House

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King Parker House
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Location304 Mount Moriah Rd., near Winton, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°23′15″N76°59′32″W / 36.38750°N 76.99222°W / 36.38750; -76.99222 Coordinates: 36°23′15″N76°59′32″W / 36.38750°N 76.99222°W / 36.38750; -76.99222
Area27 acres (11 ha)
Builtc. 1850 (1850)
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No. 02001663 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 31, 2002

King Parker House is a historic home located near Winton, Hertford County, North Carolina. It was built about 1850, and is a two-story, three-bay, single-pile vernacular Greek Revival style frame dwelling. It has a low-pitched, side-gable roof and front portico with vernacular Italianate fretwork. The house encompasses an 18th-century, one-room, 1+12-story, gable-roofed building. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. [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 Fearnbach (February 2002). "King Parker House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-01-01.