King House (Windsor, North Carolina)

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King House
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Location132 Hope House Road Windsor, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°1′49″N77°1′9″W / 36.03028°N 77.01917°W / 36.03028; -77.01917
Arealess than one acre
Built1763 (1763)
NRHP reference No. 71000570 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 26, 1971

King House, also known as King-Bazemore House, is a historic plantation house located near Windsor, Bertie County, North Carolina. It was built in 1763, and is a 1+12-story, frame dwelling with brick ends. It has a gambrel roof and features two interior T-stack end chimneys. It is one of two known gambrel roofed dwellings with brick ends in North Carolina. [2] [3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. [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. John Wells (April 1971). "King House" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
  3. Sims, Anastasia (1976). "The King House of Bertie County".