Land's End (Hertford, North Carolina)

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Land's End
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Lands End, April 2012
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LocationSE of Hertford near jct. of SR 1300 and 1324, near Hertford, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°06′40″N76°13′17″W / 36.11111°N 76.22139°W / 36.11111; -76.22139
Area40 acres (16 ha)
Built1830 (1830)
Built byJames Leigh
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No. 73001365 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 20, 1973

Land's End, also known as Leigh House, is a historic plantation house located near Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina. It was built about 1830, and is a two-story, five bay by four bay, Greek Revival-style brick dwelling. Its brickwork is laid in Flemish bond. It has a gable roof and features front and rear full-height porticoes supported by unfluted Doric order columns. [2]

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The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Survey and Planning Unit Staff (August 1973). "Land's End" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved February 1, 2015.