Porter Houses and Armstrong Kitchen
Porter Houses and Armstrong Kitchen | |
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| Location | 821 Wells Rd., near Whitakers, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 36°3′55″N 77°40′1″W / 36.06528°N 77.66694°W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | c. 1850, c. 1900 |
| Architectural style | Gambrel-roofed house |
| NRHP reference No. | 02000988[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 14, 2002 |
Porter Houses and Armstrong Kitchen is a set of two historic homes and a kitchen building located near Whitakers, Edgecombe County, North Carolina. The first Porter dwelling dates to the last quarter of the 18th century, and is a 1+1⁄2-story frame dwelling with a gambrel roof. It was restored in 1994. The second Porter dwelling also dates to the last quarter of the 18th century, and is a one-room, 1+1⁄2-story frame dwelling with a gable roof. It measures approximately 16 feet wide and 24 feet long. Also on the property is a frame kitchen building built about 1850 and remodeled about 1900.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Heather Fearnbach (February 2002). "Porter Houses and Armstrong Kitchen" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.
