Riddick House (Como, North Carolina)

Riddick House
Location 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the junction of SR 1319 and 1322, near Como, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°31′46″N 76°56′25″W / 36.52944°N 76.94028°W / 36.52944; -76.94028Coordinates: 36°31′46″N 76°56′25″W / 36.52944°N 76.94028°W / 36.52944; -76.94028
Area 0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built c. 1825 (1825)
Architect Abram Riddick
Architectural style Greek Revival, Federal, Vernacular Federal
NRHP Reference # 71000589[1]
Added to NRHP February 18, 1971

Riddick House is a historic plantation house located near Como, Hertford County, North Carolina. It is dated to about 1825, and is a three-story, five bay, "L"-shaped Federal style frame dwelling with a two-story Greek Revival style rear addition. It is sheathed in weatherboard, sits on a brick foundation, and has two double-shouldered brick chimneys on each gable end.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. John B Wells and Sherry I. Penney (October 1970). "Riddick House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-01-01.


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