Brown-Cowles House and Cowles Law Office

Brown-Cowles House and Cowles Law Office, also known as the Paul Osborne House and Law and Bride Cottage, is a historic home and law office located at Wilkesboro in Wilkes County, North Carolina, United States. The Cowles Law Office was built about 1871, and is a small one-story frame building with gable roof and single-shoulder end chimney. The original section of the Brown-Cowles House was built about 1834, and enlarged with a two-story wing by 1885 and enlarged again between 1920 and 1926. It is a two-story frame dwelling with Federal style detailing. Also on the property are the contributing curing house and kitchen. It was the home of William H. H. Cowles (1840-1901), a lawyer and four-term Congressman during the 1880s and 1890s.[2]

Brown-Cowles House and Cowles Law Office
Facade, seen from the street
Brown-Cowles House and Cowles Law Office is located in North Carolina
Brown-Cowles House and Cowles Law Office
Brown-Cowles House and Cowles Law Office is located in the United States
Brown-Cowles House and Cowles Law Office
Location200 and 106 E. Main St., Wilkesboro, North Carolina
Coordinates36°8′57″N 81°9′1″W
Area1.3 acres (0.53 ha)
Builtc. 1834 (1834), c. 1871
Architectural styleLate Victorian, Federal
MPSWilkesboro MRA
NRHP reference No.82003522[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 24, 1982

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Laura A. W. Phillips (May 1980). "Brown-Cowles House and Cowles Law Office" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-07-01.


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