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Bobbitt–Rogers House and Tobacco Manufactory District

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Bobbitt–Rogers House and Tobacco Manufactory District
Nearest cityWilton, North Carolina
Area9 acres (3.6 ha)
Builtc. 1855 (1855)
Architectural styleGreek Revival
MPSGranville County MPS
NRHP reference No.88001262[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 31, 1988

Bobbitt–Rogers House and Tobacco Manufactory District is a historic plantation house and national historic district located near Wilton, Granville County, North Carolina. The house was built about 1855, and is a two-story, three-bay, center hall plan Greek Revival style frame I-house dwelling. It has a full basement, full width front porch, and exterior brick chimneys. Across from the house is the 2+12-story heavy timber frame tobacco manufactory. Also on the property are the contributing wash house / striphouse, open wellhouse, smokehouse, privy, and flower house / chicken house.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

Images of home

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Marvin A. Brown and Patricia Esperon (November 1987). "Bobbitt–Rogers House and Tobacco Manufactory District" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places – Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved November 1, 2014.