Robert Cleveland Log House

Robert Cleveland Log House is a historic home located at the Wilkes Heritage Museum in Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, North Carolina. It was originally located east of Purlear near junction of SR 1300 and 1317 and moved to its present location in 1986. It was built about 1780 and is a large two-pen log dwelling with exterior end stone chimneys and an uncoursed stone basement. It was built by Revolutionary War veteran Captain Robert Cleveland, brother of Colonel Benjamin Cleveland, and is probably the oldest dwelling in Wilkes County.[2][3]

Robert Cleveland Log House
Front of the house
Robert Cleveland Log House is located in North Carolina
Robert Cleveland Log House
Robert Cleveland Log House is located in the United States
Robert Cleveland Log House
Location100 E Main St, Wilkesboro, North Carolina
Coordinates36°8′58.5″N 81°9′9.5″W
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1780 (1780)
Architectural styleTwo-Pen Style
NRHP reference No.72001003[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 1, 1972

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[1]

See also

References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. John B. Wells, III (July 1971). "Robert Cleveland Log House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-07-01.
  3. Capt. Cleveland’s story told: New sign near log house dedicated Saturday, Wilkes Journal-Patriot, December 15, 2014


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