Moorefields
Appearance
Moorefields | |
![]() Moorefields, HABS photo, February 1965 | |
Location | N of jct. of SR 1134 and 1135, near Hillsborough, North Carolina |
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Coordinates | 36°3′7″N 79°8′43″W / 36.05194°N 79.14528°W |
Area | 8.3 acres (3.4 ha) |
Built | 1785 |
Architectural style | Federal |
NRHP reference No. | 72000982[1] |
Added to NRHP | April 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
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ 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.
External links
[edit]- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. NC-271, "Moorefields, State Route 1135, Hillsborough, Orange County, NC", 5 photos, 5 data pages, 1 photo caption page
Categories:
- Historic American Buildings Survey in North Carolina
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
- Federal architecture in North Carolina
- Houses completed in 1785
- Hillsborough, North Carolina
- Houses in Orange County, North Carolina
- O'Moore family
- National Register of Historic Places in Orange County, North Carolina
- Plantation houses in North Carolina
- Research Triangle region, North Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs