Leak-Chaffin-Browder House

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Leak-Chaffin-Browder House
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LocationNC 8, 0.1 miles S of jct. with NC 1941, near Germanton, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°16′33″N80°13′14″W / 36.27583°N 80.22056°W / 36.27583; -80.22056
Area3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built1853 (1853)-1860
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No. 02000943 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 6, 2002

Leak-Chaffin-Browder House is historic home located near Germanton, Stokes County, North Carolina. It was built between about 1853 and 1860, and is a large two-story, Greek Revival-style brick dwelling. It has a Colonial Revival style front porch that dates from the early 20th century. Also on the property are the contributing kitchen-slave/servants' house, granary / tobacco pack house, wood shed, privy, shed, barn, and combination corn crib, equipment shed, and meat house. [2]

It was added to 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. Laura A.W. Phillips (January 2002). "Leak-Chaffin-Browder House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-05-01.