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William Riley Abbott House

Coordinates: 36°25′54″N 76°18′01″W / 36.43167°N 76.30028°W / 36.43167; -76.30028
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William Riley Abbott House
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William Riley Abbott House is located in North Carolina
William Riley Abbott House
William Riley Abbott House is located in the United States
William Riley Abbott House
LocationSE of South Mills on SR 1224, near South Mills, North Carolina
Coordinates36°25′54″N 76°18′01″W / 36.43167°N 76.30028°W / 36.43167; -76.30028
Area120 acres (49 ha)
Built1850 (1850)
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No.78001936[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 11, 1978

William Riley Abbott House is a historic plantation house located near South Mills, Camden County, North Carolina. It was built about 1850 with the profits of the forced labor of about 40 enslaved people,[1] and is a two-story, five-bay, Greek Revival-style frame dwelling. It has a vernacular Colonial Revival style portico that dates from the 1920s.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ H. McKelden Smith and Jerry L. Cross (n.d.). "William Riley Abbott House" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.