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Lake O'Woods

Coordinates: 36°18′11″N 78°5′10″W / 36.30306°N 78.08611°W / 36.30306; -78.08611
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Lake O'Woods
Lake O'Woods is located in North Carolina
Lake O'Woods
Lake O'Woods is located in the United States
Lake O'Woods
LocationS of Inez of SR 1512, near Inez, North Carolina
Coordinates36°18′11″N 78°5′10″W / 36.30306°N 78.08611°W / 36.30306; -78.08611
Area75 acres (30 ha)
Built1829 (1829), 1852
Built byGamaliel Albert Jones
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No.79001760[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 19, 1979

Lake O'Woods, also known as the Edward and Rebecca Pitchford Davis House, is a historic plantation house located near Inez, Warren County, North Carolina. The main house was built by Albert Gamaliel Jones in 1852. It is a two-story, three bay by two bay, Greek Revival style frame dwelling. It has a shallow, overhanging hipped roof and entrance porch with fluted columns. Also on the property are the contributing earlier house or kitchen (c. 1790); four hole outhouse; a log chicken house; an early smokehouse and a later one of logs; a mounted farm bell; a well; and a collection of barns and stable.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[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. ^ Catherine W. Bishir and Joe Mobley (n.d.). "Lake O'Woods" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-06-01.