William Cook House (Mebane, North Carolina)

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William Cook House
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LocationNC 2131 W side at jct. with NC 2132, near Mebane, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°1′59″N79°17′3″W / 36.03306°N 79.28417°W / 36.03306; -79.28417 Coordinates: 36°1′59″N79°17′3″W / 36.03306°N 79.28417°W / 36.03306; -79.28417
Area1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Builtc. 1840 (1840), c. 1903
Built byCook, William
MPS Log Buildings in Alamance County MPS
NRHP reference No. 93001194 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 22, 1993

William Cook House is a set of two historic homes located near Mebane, Alamance County, North Carolina. They are a one-story one-room log house, built about 1840, and a two-story frame I-house built about 1903. They are set close to and at a 90-degree angle to each other. The houses are connected by joined·hip roofed porches, carried by plain square posts. Also on the property are the contributing two-story, single-pen log barn, a log storage shed, a frame corn crib, and a substantial log wood shed. [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. [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. Patricia S. Dickenson (March 1993). "William Cook House" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.