Porter Houses and Armstrong Kitchen

Porter Houses and Armstrong Kitchen
Location 821 Wells Rd., near Whitakers, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°3′55″N 77°40′1″W / 36.06528°N 77.66694°W / 36.06528; -77.66694Coordinates: 36°3′55″N 77°40′1″W / 36.06528°N 77.66694°W / 36.06528; -77.66694
Area 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built c. 1850 (1850), c. 1900
Architectural style Gambrel-roofed house
NRHP Reference # 02000988[1]
Added to NRHP September 14, 2002

Porter Houses and Armstrong Kitchen is a set of two historic homes and a kitchen building located near Whitakers, Edgecombe County, North Carolina. The first Porter dwelling dates to the last quarter of the 18th century, and is a 1 1/2-story frame dwelling with a gambrel roof. It was restored in 1994. The second Porter dwelling also dates to the last quarter of the 18th century, and is a one-room, 1 1/2-story frame dwelling with a gable roof. It measures approximately 16 feet wide and 24 feet long. Also on the property is a frame kitchen building built about 1850 and remodeled about 1900.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Heather Fearnbach (February 2002). "Porter Houses and Armstrong Kitchen" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.


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