Ahoskie is a town in Hertford County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 5,039 at the 2010 census. Ahoskie is located in North Carolina's Inner Banks region. Its nickname is "The Only One" because no other town in the world is known by the same name. The etymology of the word Ahoskie, which was originally spelled "Ahotsky," was from the Wyanoke Indians, who entered the Hertford County area at the beginning of European settlement.
Hertford is a town and the county seat of Perquimans County, North Carolina, United States. The current population of Hertford, North Carolina is 2,133 based on projections of the latest US Census estimates. The US Census estimates the 2018 population at 2,113. The last official US Census in 2010 recorded the population at 2,143. Hertford is located in North Carolina's Inner Banks region and is part of both the Elizabeth City Micropolitan Statistical Area and the Hampton Roads region. It is named after the county town of Hertford, England.
Stagville Plantation is located in Durham County, North Carolina. With buildings constructed from the late 18th century to the mid-19th century, Stagville was part of one of the largest plantation complexes in the American South. The entire complex was owned by the Bennehan, Mantack and Cameron families; it comprised roughly 30,000 acres (120 km2) and was home to almost 900 enslaved African Americans in 1860.
The Myers-White House, also known as Sycamore Grove, is a private residence located near Hertford in the Bethel Township of Perquimans County, North Carolina. It is one of the oldest private homes in the state. The exact construction date is not known. It was likely constructed in the early 1700s. Thomas Long (~1730) is assumed to be the architect and builder. It is a 1+1⁄2-story frame dwelling with brick ends and a gambrel roof. It is one of the two known gambrel roof houses with brick ends in the state. It is a member of the small group of 18th century frame houses with brick ends in northeast North Carolina; the group includes the Sutton-Newby House and the Old Brick House.
Mulberry Hill is a historic plantation house located near Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina. It was built about 1810, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, three bay, Federal style brick dwelling with a side-hall plan.
Myrick House is a historic home located in the Murfreesboro Historic District at Murfreesboro, Hertford County, North Carolina. It was built about 1805, and is a two-story, five bay, Federal style brick dwelling with a low hip roof and interior end chimneys. The front facade features a one-story hip roofed front porch supported by four fluted columns. It has a one-story, frame rear wing. It was built by James Morgan, a prominent local merchant.
Freeman House, also known as The Hertford Academy, is a historic school building located in the Murfreesboro Historic District at Murfreesboro, Hertford County, North Carolina. It was built about 1810, and is a two-story, Federal style brick building with a hip roof and central passage plan. It is considered the birthplace of Chowan University.
The Cedars, also known as the T. E. Browne House, is a historic home located near Murfreesboro, Hertford County, North Carolina. It was built about 1830, and is a two-story, Federal style frame dwelling with a hip roof. The front facade features a pedimented double portico supported by eight tapered columns. Also on the property are a contributing outbuilding and plank smokehouse.
Myrick–Yeates–Vaughan House, also known as the Yeates–Vaughan House, Uriah Vaughan Jr. House, and Sarah Vaughan House, was a historic home located at Murfreesboro, Hertford County, North Carolina. The "T"-plan house consisted of an earlier 1+1⁄2-story Federal style rear section with a two-story Greek Revival style front section. The Greek Revival was built between 1851 and 1855. It was owned by Congressman Jesse Johnson Yeates (1829-1892) during the 1870s. The house has been demolished.
Cowper-Thompson House, also known as the William Cowper House and Reverend Thompson House, is a historic home located at Murfreesboro, Hertford County, North Carolina. It was built about 1790, and is a 1+1⁄2-story, five bay, transitional Georgian / Federal style frame dwelling with a center-hall plan. It is sheathed in weatherboard and is connected to the original kitchen dependency by a new kitchen addition. The house was restored in 1978–1980.
Roberts H. Jernigan House is a historic home located at Ahoskie, Hertford County, North Carolina. It was built in 1917–1918, and is a two-story, Southern Colonial style frame dwelling with a truncated hip roof. It is sheathed in weatherboard and features a two-story, pedimented portico flanked by one-story porches extending to sides.
King-Casper-Ward-Bazemore House, also known as the Cling Bazemore House, is a historic home located near Ahoskie, Hertford County, North Carolina. It was built about 1805, and is a two-story, three bay, Federal period frame dwelling with a truncated hip roof. It is sheathed in beaded siding and has two brick chimneys. The house was moved to its present site in 1980.
Deane House, also known as Pritchard Farm, is a historic plantation house and farm located near Cofield, Hertford County, North Carolina. The house is a two-story, five bay Georgian period frame dwelling. It has a shed porch across the front, and a rear ell. Also on the property are the contributing small board-and-batten outbuilding, a large gable-roof outbuilding with additions, three gable-roof barns, and a rectangular well-house.
Vernon Place, also known as the Cowper-Taylor House, is a historic plantation house located near Como, Hertford County, North Carolina. It is dated to the late-1820s, and is a two-story, five bay, "T"-plan, transitional Federal / Greek Revival frame dwelling. It has a low-pitched, gable roof and Colonial Revival style one-story hip-roof wraparound porch added about 1900. Also on the property are the contributing one-room, 1+1⁄2-story frame Federal style house, wellhouse, and a Delco plant.
King Parker House is a historic home located near Winton, Hertford County, North Carolina. It was built about 1850, and is a two-story, three-bay, single-pile vernacular Greek Revival style frame dwelling. It has a low-pitched, side-gable roof and front portico with vernacular Italianate fretwork. The house encompasses an 18th-century, one-room, 1+1⁄2-story, gable-roofed building.
Francis Parker House, also known as Parker's Big Run or High House, is a historic home located near Murfreesboro, Northampton County, North Carolina. It was built about 1785, and is a 1+1⁄2-story, hall and parlor plan, Georgian style frame dwelling with a one-story rear wing. It has a gambrel roof, is sheathed in weatherboard, sits on a raised brick basement, and rebuilt massive paved double-shoulder exterior end chimneys. The house was moves to its present location in 1976. The contributing Vaughan house and pyramidal-roof frame dairy, were also moved to the site.
Cove Grove is a historic plantation house located near Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina. It was built about 1830, and is a two-story, five bay, transitional Federal / Greek Revival style frame dwelling. It has a gable roof and features front and rear full-height porticoes supported by Ionic order columns.
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. It has a gable roof and features front and rear full-height porticoes supported by unfluted Doric order columns.
Perquimans County Courthouse is a historic courthouse building located at Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina. It was built between 1819 and 1825, and is a 2 1/2-story, four bay, Georgian style brick building. It has a "T"-shaped plan, with late-19th and 20th century rear additions. The front facade features a one-story, one-bay pedimented portico with molded brick columns.
Old Neck Historic District is a national historic district located at Belvidere, near Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 44 contributing buildings, 5 contributing sites, 12 contributing structures, and 1 contributing object in a rural agricultural area near Hertford. The district developed between about 1813 and 1946, and includes notable examples of Federal and Greek Revival, and Colonial Revival style architecture. Located in the district are the separately listed Fletcher-Skinner-Nixon Plantation and Cove Grove Plantation. Other notable buildings include the Francis Nixon Plantation, William Jones Plantation, Thomas Nixon Plantation, Winslow Farm, John Newbold Farm, and Matthew Towe Farm.
