Griffith–Sowers House
Griffith–Sowers House | |
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| Location | 5050 Statesville Boulevard, near Salisbury, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°42′50″N 80°34′07″W / 35.71389°N 80.56861°W |
| Area | 30 acres (12 ha) |
| Built | 1930 |
| Architect | Bloxam, Percy |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 09000703[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 9, 2009 |
The Griffith–Sowers House is a United States historic home located near Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina. It was built between 1930 and 1932 and is a large two-story, Colonial Revival style frame country house. It features a five-bay wide center block that is covered by a side-gable slate roof and linked by shallow one-bay wide hyphens to flanking, recessed, and perpendicular gable-front two-story wings. Other features include the poultry house (c. 1934–1940), barn (c. 1934-c. 1960), small storage building (c. 1940–1950), and landscaped grounds.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Davyd Foard Hood (August 2008). "Griffith–Sowers House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
