William Riley Abbott House

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LocationSE of South Mills on SR 1224, near South Mills, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°25′54″N76°18′01″W / 36.43167°N 76.30028°W / 36.43167; -76.30028
Area120 acres (49 ha)
Built1850 (1850)
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No. 78001936 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 11, 1978

William Riley Abbott House is a historic plantation house located near South Mills, Camden County, North Carolina. It was built about 1850 with the profits of the forced labor of about 40 enslaved people, [1] and is a two-story, five-bay, Greek Revival-style frame dwelling. It has a vernacular Colonial Revival style portico that dates from the 1920s. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. H. McKelden Smith and Jerry L. Cross (n.d.). "William Riley Abbott House" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.