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Elgin (Warrenton, North Carolina)

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Coordinates: 36°23′06″N 78°06′09″W / 36.38500°N 78.10250°W / 36.38500; -78.10250
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Elgin
Elgin, HABS Photo, 1940
Elgin (Warrenton, North Carolina) is located in North Carolina
Elgin (Warrenton, North Carolina)
Elgin (Warrenton, North Carolina) is located in the United States
Elgin (Warrenton, North Carolina)
LocationSE of Warrenton on SR 1509, near Warrenton, North Carolina
Coordinates36°23′06″N 78°06′09″W / 36.38500°N 78.10250°W / 36.38500; -78.10250
Area60 acres (24 ha)
Builtc. 1830 (1830)
Architectural styleFederal, temple form dwelling
NRHP reference No.73001381[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 6, 1973
Photo shows The Elgin Plantation house in Warrenton, NC
The Elgin Plantation house in Warrenton, NC photographed by https://brucejohnsonstudios.com/ in the spring of 2022

Elgin is a historic plantation house located near Warrenton, Warren County, North Carolina. It was built about 1835, and is a two-story, three-bay, Federal style temple-form frame dwelling. It has a gable roof, pedimented front porch, and flanking porches. At the rear is an earlier 1+1⁄2-story frame dwelling with a gable roof. The front facade features a Palladian entrance with sidelights and Tuscan colonnettes. The house is similar in style to Dalkeith.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Survey and Planning Unit Staff (November 1972). "Elgin" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-06-01.
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