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Belvidere (Belvidere, North Carolina)

Coordinates: 36°16′8″N 76°32′48″W / 36.26889°N 76.54667°W / 36.26889; -76.54667
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Belvidere
Exum Newby House, HABS Photo, July 1940
Belvidere (Belvidere, North Carolina) is located in North Carolina
Belvidere (Belvidere, North Carolina)
Belvidere (Belvidere, North Carolina) is located in the United States
Belvidere (Belvidere, North Carolina)
LocationNC 37, W of Perquimans River, Belvidere, North Carolina
Coordinates36°16′8″N 76°32′48″W / 36.26889°N 76.54667°W / 36.26889; -76.54667
Area9 acres (3.6 ha)
Builtc. 1767 (1767)
Built byNewby, Thomas
Architectural styleGeorgian
NRHP reference No.77001008[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 2, 1977

Belvidere, also known as the Exum Newby House and Lamb House, is a historic plantation house located at Belvidere, Perquimans County, North Carolina. It was built about 1767, and is a 1+12-story, five-bay, frame dwelling with an unusual hip on gambrel roof. The Georgian style dwelling is sheathed in weatherboard and rests on a brick pier foundation. In the mid-1970s, Belvidere was sold to radio personality Wolfman Jack.[2]

The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Carl Lounsbury and Raymond A. Winslow, Jr. (January 1976). "Belvidere" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
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