McClelland-Davis House

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McClelland-Davis House
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LocationSR 1551, Statesville, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°49′51″N80°55′28″W / 35.83083°N 80.92444°W / 35.83083; -80.92444 Coordinates: 35°49′51″N80°55′28″W / 35.83083°N 80.92444°W / 35.83083; -80.92444
Area11.5 acres (4.7 ha)
Builtc. 1835 (1835)
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Federal
MPS Iredell County MRA
NRHP reference # 80002873 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 24, 1980

McClelland-Davis House is a historic home located near Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina. The house was built about 1830, and is a two-story, five bay by two bay, transitional Federal / Greek Revival style frame dwelling. It has a gable roof, one-story rear wing, and two single shoulder brick end chimneys. Also on the property are the contributing smokehouse and well house. [2]

Statesville, North Carolina City in North Carolina, United States

Statesville is a city in Iredell County, North Carolina, United States. Statesville was established in 1789 by an act of the North Carolina Legislature. The population was 24,532 at the 2010 census, and was estimated at 26,506 in 2016. It is the county seat of Iredell County and is part of the Charlotte metropolitan area.

Iredell County, North Carolina County in North Carolina, United States

Iredell County is an administrative division (county) of the U.S. state of North Carolina. According to US Census projections in 2017, the population was 169,798. Its county seat is Statesville, and its largest town is Mooresville. The county was formed in 1788, annexed from Rowan County. It is named for James Iredell, one of the first justices of the Supreme Court of the United States.

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 added to 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. Laura A. W. Phillips (February 1980). "McClelland-Davis House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-01-01.