Caswell County is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is located in the Piedmont Triad region of the state. At the 2020 census, the population was 22,736. Its county seat is Yanceyville.
Milton is a town in Caswell County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 166 at the 2010 census. It is adjacent to the Virginia International Raceway, just across the state line in Virginia.
Yanceyville is a town in and the county seat of Caswell County, North Carolina, United States. Located in the Piedmont Triad region of the state, the town had a population of 1,937 at the 2020 census.
Bedford Brown was a Democratic United States Senator from the State of North Carolina between 1829 and 1840.
Bartlett Yancey was an American politician who was a U.S. congressman from North Carolina, United States, between 1813 and 1817. He was a member of the Democratic-Republican party.
Leasburg is a former town and the former county seat of Caswell County, North Carolina, United States. The community has a partial presence in Person County. The population was 1,662 at the 2010 census. It was named in honor of longtime resident William Lea and is located along US 158 and NC 119 near Hyco Lake. Leasburg is also the name of a Caswell County township.
Caswell County Courthouse is a historic county courthouse located in Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina. It was built between 1858 and 1861, and is a rectangular two-story, stuccoed brick building, five bays wide and seven deep. It sits on an elevated granite block foundation and features a two-level recessed entrance porch and octagonal cupola.
Graves House is a historic home located at Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina. It was built about 1780, and is a tripartite Georgian style frame dwelling consisting of a three bay by four bay center section flanked by wings one bay wide and three bays deep.
Bartlett Yancey House is a historic home located in Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina. It consists of a two-story L-shaped Greek Revival block added to the front of the original Federal house in 1856. The original section was built around 1810. It features a Victorian overlay of front and side porches added late 19th century. Also on the property are the original smokehouse, a Federal period law office, several log tobacco barns, and the Yancey family graveyard. It was the home of Congressman Bartlett Yancey (1785-1828).
Poteat House, also known as Forest Home, is a historic plantation house located near Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina. It was built in 1855–1856, and consists of a two-story main block, three bays wide, with flanking one-story wings in the Greek Revival style. It has a center hall plan and was restored in 1928–1929 by Helen Poteat and her husband, author and playwright Laurence Stallings. It features a reconstructed double pedimented portico supported by four plain Roman Doric order columns. Also on the property is a contributing small cabin used by enslaved people. The house was the birthplace of painter Ida Isabella Poteat.
John Johnston House is a historic home located near Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina. It was built about 1825, and is a two-story, three bay by two bay, hall-and-parlor plan frame dwelling with Federal style architectural details. A one-story rear ell was added in 1990. It was moved 150 yards to its present location about 1921.
Moore House, also known as Stamp's Quarter, is a historic home located near Locust Hill, Caswell County, North Carolina. It was built about 1790, and is a two-story, three bay, Federal style brick dwelling. It is set on a full, raised basement, has exterior end chimneys, and a low hipped roof.
Longwood is a historic plantation house located near Milton, Caswell County, North Carolina. The original section was built about 1810, and is a two-story, four bay by one bay Federal style frame block. It has a two bay wide and one bay deep Greek Revival style addition forming an overall "L"-shaped dwelling. The interior features woodwork attributed to noted African-American cabinetmaker Thomas Day. Also on the property are the frame kitchen, log corn crib, log tenant house, and log tobacco barn. It is believed to have been the home of U.S. Congressman Romulus Mitchell Saunders early in his career.
Woodside is a historic plantation house located near Milton, Caswell County, North Carolina. It was built about 1838, and is Greek Revival style dwelling consisting of a two-story, center-hall plan single-pile main block with a two-story, double-pile rear ell. It has a low hipped roof and features a pedimented portico supported by four unfluted Doric order columns. Also on the property is a contributing smokehouse.
Yanceyville Historic District is a national historic district located in Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina, USA. It encompasses 11 contributing buildings in the county seat of Yanceyville. It includes notable examples of Greek Revival style architecture. In addition to the separately listed Caswell County Courthouse, other notable buildings include the Thornton House, Paul Haralson House, Jeremiah Graves House (Dongola), Dr. Nathaniel Roan House, Presbyterian Church, Kerr House, Thomas D. Johnston House, and the brick store.
Dortch House is a historic home located in Dortches, North Carolina, Nash County, North Carolina. It was built about 1803, by William Dortch, and is a Federal-style frame dwelling that consists of a two-story, three-bay, main block covered by a gable roof and a one-story rear wing. It is sheathed in weatherboard and features a one-story full-width front porch and Palladian windows. The house was purchased by Henry Griffin in 1899 from the Dortch family and remained in the Griffin family until 2020. The one-story full-width front porch was added by the Griffin family sometimes before the 1910s. A one-bay portico with columns was the original porch to the house.
Dr. Arch Jordan House, also known as the manse for Little River Presbyterian Church, is a historic home located near Caldwell, Orange County, North Carolina. It was built about 1875, and is a two-story, single pile, central hall plan, Italianate style frame dwelling. It features a central projecting gable, bracketed eaves, and a columned porch with a low hipped roof. Attached at the rear is an originally-separate two-story kitchen building. Also on the property are the contributing combination smokehouse/food storage shed, log and weatherboard tobacco barn, and 1+1⁄2-story main barn.
Mary Ann Browne House, also known as Oakley, Oakley Grove, Faulcon-Browne House, and Dr. LaFayette Browne House, is a historic plantation house located near Vaughan, Warren County, North Carolina. It consists of a 2+1⁄2-story, Italianate style rear wing built about 1800, with a main block added about 1855. The main block is attributed to Warrenton builder Jacob W. Holt. It is a two-story, three bay, single pile, Greek Revival / Italianate style frame block. It has a low hipped roof and Tudor arched windows.
William Henry and Sarah Holderness House, also known as the Holderness-Paschal-Page House, is a historic plantation house located near Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina. It was built about 1855, and is a two-story, Greek Revival style frame dwelling. It consists of a three-bay, hip roofed, main block flanked by one-story, one-bay side wings. The front facade features a pedimented one-bay Greek Revival-style porch, also found on the wing entrances. The interior features architectural woodwork by Thomas Day. Also on the property are the contributing smokehouse and carriage house.
George "Royal George" Williamson, Esq., was a prominent Caswell County Sheriff from 1815 to 1832, one of the justices of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Chairman of the Court, he served as a member of the Council of State from 1834 to 1836, as a member of the North Carolina State Senate, and as a charter member of the Bank of Yanceyville in 1852. “Royal George” was a state senator who represented North Carolina's 37th District from November 18, 1850 to January 29, 1851. He owned the Melrose/Williamson House, which is a historic plantation house, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
