Robert L. Blalock House is a historic home located at Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina. It consists of the original two-story, three-bay, double-pile, side-hall-plan Greek Revival style main block dated to the 1850s, and a large, two-story rear ell. It has a one-story gable-roofed wing and a small shed-roofed room north of the rear ell and a complex arrangement of one- and two-story additions and enclosed porches to the south. The house was renovated in the 1920s in the Classical Revival style. It features a full-width front porch supported by groups of square-section brick columns with a round corner pavilion and porte-cochère. It has housed a funeral home since 1947.[2]
Robert L. Blalock House | |
 Robert L. Blalock House, September 2013 | |
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| Location | 300 S. McLewean St., Kinston, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°15′25″N 77°34′47″W / 35.25694°N 77.57972°W |
| Area | 0.4 acres (0.16 ha) |
| Built | 1914 |
| Built by | Robert L. Blalock |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival, Greek Revival |
| MPS | Kinston MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 89001772[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 8, 1989 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Allison H. Black (June 1989). "Robert L. Blalock House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-01-01.