Gen. Joshua Barnes House

Gen. Joshua Barnes House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Location	W side of SR 1326 at SR 1327, near Wilson, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°45′44″N 77°54′9″W / 35.76222°N 77.90250°W / 35.76222; -77.90250Coordinates: 35°45′44″N 77°54′9″W / 35.76222°N 77.90250°W / 35.76222; -77.90250
Area	3.9 acres (1.6 ha)
Built	c. 1830 (1830), c. 1844, c. 1870
Architectural style	Greek Revival
MPS	Wilson MRA
NRHP Reference #	86000764^[1]
Added to NRHP	February 13, 1986

Gen. Joshua Barnes House is a historic home located near Wilson, Wilson County, North Carolina. It was built about 1844, and is a two-story, central-hall-plan, Greek Revival style frame dwelling. It was built around the nucleus of an earlier, Federal style dwelling built about 1830 and remodeled about 1870. It has a shallow hipped roof and one-story, full width front porch. Attached to the rear of the house is a small one-story Greek Revival frame structure connected by an enclosed breezeway. It was built by Gen. Joshua Barnes, who is considered the father of Wilson County.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.^[1]

References

1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Kate Ohno (October 1981). "Gen. Joshua Barnes House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-07-01.

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