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Moorefields

Coordinates: 36°3′7″N 79°8′43″W / 36.05194°N 79.14528°W / 36.05194; -79.14528
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Moorefields
Moorefields, HABS photo, February 1965
Moorefields is located in North Carolina
Moorefields
Moorefields is located in the United States
Moorefields
LocationN of jct. of SR 1134 and 1135, near Hillsborough, North Carolina
Coordinates36°3′7″N 79°8′43″W / 36.05194°N 79.14528°W / 36.05194; -79.14528
Area8.3 acres (3.4 ha)
Built1785 (1785)
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No.72000982[1]
Added to NRHPApril 25, 1972

Moorefields is a historic plantation home located near Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina. It was built about 1785, and consists of a two-story central block, three bays wide, with flanking one-bay wings in the Federal style. The house features a shed porch with turned wooden posts. It was built by soldier and judge Alfred Moore (1755-1810).[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[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. ^ John B. Wells, III (January 1972). "Moorefields" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
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