Warren House and Warren's Store

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Warren House and Warren's Store
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LocationMain Street, Prospect Hill, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°14′56″N79°11′24″W / 36.24889°N 79.19000°W / 36.24889; -79.19000
Area6 acres (2.4 ha)
Built1858 (1858)
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Greek revival vernacular
NRHP reference No. 73001308 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 19, 1973

Warren House and Warren's Store is a historic house and store and national historic district located at Prospect Hill, Caswell County, North Carolina. The house was built about 1858, and is a two-story, three-bay, Greek Revival style frame dwelling. It is set on a brick foundation and has a low hipped roof. The front facade features a two-story, three-bay, pedimented porch. Warren's Store and Post Office is located across from the house and is a two-story rectangular brick building of vernacular Greek Revival temple-form design. Also on the property is the contributing kitchen building. [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Survey and Planning Unit (April 1973). "Warren House and Warren's Store" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved August 1, 2014.