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William Rankin and Elizabeth Wharton Smith House

Coordinates: 36°4′44″N 79°34′51″W / 36.07889°N 79.58083°W / 36.07889; -79.58083
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William Rankin and Elizabeth Wharton Smith House
William Rankin and Elizabeth Wharton Smith House is located in North Carolina
William Rankin and Elizabeth Wharton Smith House
William Rankin and Elizabeth Wharton Smith House is located in the United States
William Rankin and Elizabeth Wharton Smith House
Location437 Brightwood Church Rd., NC 2758, 0.62 miles (1.00 km) north of US 70, near Whitsett, North Carolina
Coordinates36°4′44″N 79°34′51″W / 36.07889°N 79.58083°W / 36.07889; -79.58083
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Builtc. 1846 (1846), c. 1854, c. 1885
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Coastal Cottage
NRHP reference No.07000091[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 27, 2007

William Rankin and Elizabeth Wharton Smith House is a historic home located near Whitsett, Guilford County, North Carolina. It consists of a one-story, side-gable-roofed, hall-parlor dwelling built about 1846, with a room added about 1854, and two-room ell with a full-length porch to the rear about 1885. The Coastal Cottage form dwelling has Greek Revival style design elements. The house was moved to its present location, about 6/10th of a mile from its original site, in June 2005.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Sarah A. Woodard (January 2010). "William Rankin and Elizabeth Wharton Smith House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.