Moorefields

Moorefields
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Moorefields, HABS photo, February 1965
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Location	N of jct. of SR 1134 and 1135, near Hillsborough, North Carolina
Coordinates	36°3′39.7″N79°8′36.1″W / 36.061028°N 79.143361°W / 36.061028; -79.143361
Area	8.3 acres (3.4 ha)
Built	1785 (1785)
Architectural style	Federal
NRHP reference No.	72000982 [1]
Added to NRHP	April 25, 1972

Moorefields is a historic plantation home located near Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina. It was built about 1785, and consists of a two-story central block, three bays wide, with flanking one-bay wings in the Federal style. The house features a shed porch with turned wooden posts. It was built by soldier and judge Alfred Moore (1755-1810). ^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. ^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. John B. Wells, III (January 1972). "Moorefields" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved February 1, 2015.

External links

• Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. NC-271, " Moorefields, State Route 1135, Hillsborough, Orange County, NC ", 5 photos, 5 data pages, 1 photo caption page