Lake O'Woods

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Lake O'Woods
Lake O'Woods is located in North Carolina
Lake O'Woods
LocationS of Inez of SR 1512, near
Coordinates36°18′11″N 78°5′10″W / 36.30306°N 78.08611°W / 36.30306; -78.08611Coordinates: 36°18′11″N 78°5′10″W / 36.30306°N 78.08611°W / 36.30306; -78.08611
Area75 acres (30 ha)
Built1829 (1829), 1852
Built byGamaliel Albert Jones
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No.79001760[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 19, 1979

Lake O'Woods, also known as the Edward and Rebecca Pitchford Davis House, is a historic plantation house located near , Warren County, North Carolina. The main house was built by Albert Gamaliel Jones in 1852. It is a two-story, three bay by two bay, Greek Revival style frame dwelling. It has a shallow, overhanging hipped roof and entrance porch with fluted columns. Also on the property are the contributing earlier house or kitchen (c. 1790); four hole outhouse; a log chicken house; an early smokehouse and a later one of logs; a mounted farm bell; a well; and a collection of barns and stable.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Catherine W. Bishir and Joe Mobley (n.d.). "Lake O'Woods" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-06-01.


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