T. Max Watson House

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T. Max Watson House
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T. Max Watson House, February 2014
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Location297 E. Main St., Forest City, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°19′58″N81°51′33″W / 35.33278°N 81.85917°W / 35.33278; -81.85917
Area2.1 acres (0.85 ha)
Built1939 (1939)
Architectural styleGeorgian Revival
NRHP reference No. 01001110 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 15, 2001

T. Max Watson House is a historic home located at Forest City, Rutherford County, North Carolina. It built in 1939, and is a two-story, five-bay, central passage plan, Georgian Revival style white brick dwelling. It has a side-gable roof covered with interlocking red clay tiles. The front facade features a central projecting bay, one-story portico supported by three Ionic order columns, and second floor Palladian window. [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. [1] It is located in the East Main Street Historic District.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Amanda Blosser (May 2001). "T. Max Watson House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved February 1, 2015.