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Land's End (Hertford, North Carolina)

Coordinates: 36°06′40″N 76°13′17″W / 36.11111°N 76.22139°W / 36.11111; -76.22139
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Land's End
Lands End, April 2012
Land's End (Hertford, North Carolina) is located in North Carolina
Land's End (Hertford, North Carolina)
Land's End (Hertford, North Carolina) is located in the United States
Land's End (Hertford, North Carolina)
LocationSE of Hertford near jct. of SR 1300 and 1324, near Hertford, North Carolina
Coordinates36°06′40″N 76°13′17″W / 36.11111°N 76.22139°W / 36.11111; -76.22139
Area40 acres (16 ha)
Built1830 (1830)
Built byJames Leigh
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No.73001365[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 20, 1973

Land's End, also known as Leigh House, is a historic plantation house located near Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina. It was built about 1830, and is a two-story, five bay by four bay, Greek Revival style brick dwelling. It has a gable roof and features front and rear full-height porticoes supported by unfluted Doric order columns.[2]

The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[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 (August 1973). "Land's End" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
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