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Graves House

Coordinates: 36°24′15″N 79°19′20″W / 36.40417°N 79.32222°W / 36.40417; -79.32222
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Graves House
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Graves House is located in North Carolina
Graves House
Graves House is located in the United States
Graves House
LocationU.S. 158 at NC 86, Yanceyville, North Carolina
Coordinates36°24′15″N 79°19′20″W / 36.40417°N 79.32222°W / 36.40417; -79.32222
Area9 acres (3.6 ha)
Builtc. 1780 (1780)
Architectural styleGeorgian
NRHP reference No.74001335[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 20, 1974

Graves House is a historic home located at Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina. It was built about 1780, and is a tripartite Georgian style frame dwelling consisting of a three bay by four bay center section flanked by wings one bay wide and three bays deep.[2]

Recorded by the Historic American Buildings Survey in April 1940,[3] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Survey and Planning Unit (September 1974). "Graves House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
  3. ^ Pediment House, U.S. Route 158 & NC Route 86, Yanceyville, Caswell County, NC, Historic American Buildings Survey via the Library of Congress. Accessed 2017-12-27.