Lamb-Ferebee House

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Lamb-Ferebee House
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LocationNW of Camden on NC 343, near Camden, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°21′07″N76°11′46″W / 36.35194°N 76.19611°W / 36.35194; -76.19611 Coordinates: 36°21′07″N76°11′46″W / 36.35194°N 76.19611°W / 36.35194; -76.19611
Area3.2 acres (1.3 ha)
Built1825 (1825)
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference # 80002805 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 22, 1980

Lamb-Ferebee House is a historic home located near Camden, Camden County, North Carolina. It was built about 1825, and is a two-story, double-pile, nearly square frame Federal style dwelling. It has a gable roof and one-story shed-roof porch. [2]

Camden, North Carolina Census-designated place in North Carolina, United States

Camden is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Camden County, North Carolina, United States. It is the county seat of Camden County, a consolidated city-county. As of the 2010 census, the Camden CDP had a population of 599.

Camden County, North Carolina U.S. county in North Carolina, United States

Camden County is a county located in the American state of North Carolina. As of the 2010 census, the population was 9,980, making it the fourth-least populous county in North Carolina. Its county seat is Camden.

Federal architecture architectural style

Federal-style architecture is the name for the classicizing architecture built in the newly founded United States between c. 1780 and 1830, and particularly from 1785 to 1815. This style shares its name with its era, the Federalist Era. The name Federal style is also used in association with furniture design in the United States of the same time period. The style broadly corresponds to the classicism of Biedermeier style in the German-speaking lands, Regency architecture in Britain and to the French Empire style.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [1]

National Register of Historic Places Federal list of historic sites in the United States

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
  2. Margaret Long Stephenson and Jim Sunmer (June 1980). "Lamb-Ferebee House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.