Bobbitt-Rogers House and Tobacco Manufactory District

Bobbitt-Rogers House and Tobacco Manufactory District
Nearest city Wilton, North Carolina
Area 9 acres (3.6 ha)
Built c. 1855
Architectural style Greek Revival
Governing body Private
MPS Granville County MPS
NRHP Reference # 88001262[1]
Added to NRHP August 31, 1988

Bobbitt-Rogers House and Tobacco Manufactory District is a historic plantation home and national historic district located near Wilton, Granville County, North Carolina. The house was built about 1855, and is a two-story, three bay, center hall plan Greek Revival style frame I-house dwelling. It has a full basement, full width front porch, and exterior brick chimneys. Across from the house is the 2 1/2-story heavy timber frame tobacco manufactory. Also on the property are the contributing wash house / striphouse, open wellhouse, smokehouse, privy, and flower house / chicken house.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

Images of home

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
  2. Marvin A. Brown and Patricia Esperon (November 1987). "Bobbitt-Rogers House and Tobacco Manufactory District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.