Col. Richard P. Taylor House
Col. Richard P. Taylor House | |
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| Location | NC 1524, near |
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| Coordinates | 36°20′09″N 78°32′20″W / 36.33583°N 78.53889°WCoordinates: 36°20′09″N 78°32′20″W / 36.33583°N 78.53889°W |
| Area | 10 acres (4.0 ha) |
| Built | 1835 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival, Federal |
| MPS | Granville County MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 88000414[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 28, 1988 |
Col. Richard P. Taylor House is a historic plantation complex and national historic district located near , Granville County, North Carolina. The plantation house was built about 1835, and is a tall two-story, five bay, transitional Federal / Greek Revival style frame dwelling. It has a one-story rear ell, exterior end chimneys, and a full-height brick basement. The house is nearly identical to that built by Col. Richard Taylor's half-brother, the Archibald Taylor Plantation House. Also on the property are the contributing early mortise and tenon smokehouse, a pigeon house or tobacco packhouse, an air-cure tobacco barn, a frame corn crib, and two log tobacco barns.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Marvin Brown and Patricia Esperon (August 1987). "Col. Richard P. Taylor House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.
- Plantation houses in North Carolina
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
- Greek Revival houses in North Carolina
- Federal architecture in North Carolina
- Houses completed in 1835
- Houses in Granville County, North Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in Granville County, North Carolina
- Research Triangle region, North Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs