Twin Houses

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Twin Houses
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LocationOn NC 168 at jct. of SR 1203 and 1147, Shawboro, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°24′33″N76°5′52″W / 36.40917°N 76.09778°W / 36.40917; -76.09778 Coordinates: 36°24′33″N76°5′52″W / 36.40917°N 76.09778°W / 36.40917; -76.09778
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Builtc. 1797 (1797)
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference # 72000959 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 13, 1972

Twin Houses is a historic home located at Shawboro, Currituck County, North Carolina. It was built about 1797, and consists of two separate two-story, five bay by two bay, identical Federal style structures, joined by a transverse hall. Each house has a hall-and-parlor plan, exterior end chimneys, and they are connected by a one-story, gable roofed, connecting hall. [2]

Shawboro, North Carolina human settlement in North Carolina, United States of America

Shawboro is an unincorporated community located in Currituck County, North Carolina, United States.

Currituck County, North Carolina U.S. county in North Carolina, United States

Currituck County is the northeastern-most county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2010 census, the population was 23,547. Its county seat is Currituck. The county was formed in 1668 as a precinct of Albemarle County and later gained county status in 1739. The name is "traditionally said to be an Indian word for wild geese; Coratank."

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

National Register of Historic Places Federal list of historic sites in the United States

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred in preserving the property.

Col. Henry Shaw and his wife are buried at the property, which is currently owned by local historian E. Ray Ethrridge.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
  2. Survey and Planning Unit Staff (November 1971). "Twin Houses" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-10-01.