Adams-Edwards House

Coordinates: 35°44′54″N 78°43′53″W / 35.74833°N 78.73139°W / 35.74833; -78.73139
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Adams-Edwards House
Adams-Edwards House is located in North Carolina
Adams-Edwards House
Adams-Edwards House is located in the United States
Adams-Edwards House
Location5400 Tryon Rd., near Raleigh, North Carolina
Coordinates35°44′54″N 78°43′53″W / 35.74833°N 78.73139°W / 35.74833; -78.73139
Area3.9 acres (1.6 ha)
Builtc. 1850 (1850), c. 1860, c. 1880, c. 1900
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Three-room plan house
MPSWake County MPS
NRHP reference No.06001109[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 6, 2006

Adams-Edwards House is a historic home located near Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina. The original section of the house was built about 1850, and is a single-story, single-pile, side-gabled house with Greek Revival-style design elements. It has a centered front gable, a 3/4-width hip-roofed front porch, and a one-story gabled rear ell. Additions and alterations were made to the original house about 1860, about 1880, and about 1900. Also on the property is a contributing well house (c. 1900).[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 6, 2006.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Cynthia de Miranda (February 2006). "Adams-Edwards House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-05-01.