Rosefield (Windsor, North Carolina)
Rosefield is a historic plantation house located at Windsor, Bertie County, North Carolina. It was built in three sections, with the oldest built about 1786–1791. It is a two-story, five bay, "L"-plan frame dwelling with Georgian, Federal, and Greek Revival style design elements. It has a two-story, two-bay addition and a two-story rear addition built in 1855. It features a hip roof front porch. Also on the property are the contributing small frame outbuilding, office, dairy, and family cemetery.[2]
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Location | 212 W. Gray St., Windsor, North Carolina |
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Coordinates | 35°59′42″N 76°56′50″W |
Area | 76 acres (31 ha) |
Built | c. 1786 | -1791, 1855
Architect | Gilbert Leigh |
Architectural style | Federal, Georgian, Greek Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 82003434[1] |
Added to NRHP | August 26, 1982 |
The house was named for the fact a bed of wild roses grew at the original site.[3]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- Marshall Bullock (April 1982). "Rosefield" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
- Federal Writers' Project (1938). The Ocean Highway: New Brunswick, New Jersey to Jacksonville, Florida. Works Progress Administration. p. 103.
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