Allen-Mangum House is a historic plantation house and national historic district located near Grissom, Granville County, North Carolina.
Allen-Mangum House | |
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| Location | NC 1700, near Grissom, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 36°6′20″N 78°37′2″W / 36.10556°N 78.61722°W |
| Area | 3.5 acres (1.4 ha) |
| Built | 1848, c. 1880 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival, Italianate, Gothic Revival |
| MPS | Granville County MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 88000410[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 28, 1988 |
Built as the main residence of a plantation, the house includes a rear block was built about 1848 and a front block added about 1880. It is a two-story frame dwelling with Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, and Italianate style design elements. It has an I-house form and a two-story rear ell. It features a front porch with an exceptionally intricate, cutout screen of woodwork draped between the tops of square bracketed posts. Also on the property is the contributing family cemetery.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Marvin A. Brown and Patricia Esperon (August 1987). "Allen-Mangum House" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved November 1, 2014.