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Mansfield Thornton House

Coordinates: 36°23′12″N 78°8′46″W / 36.38667°N 78.14611°W / 36.38667; -78.14611
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Mansfield Thornton House
Mansfield Thornton House is located in North Carolina
Mansfield Thornton House
Mansfield Thornton House is located in the United States
Mansfield Thornton House
LocationSE of Warrenton, near Warrenton, North Carolina
Coordinates36°23′12″N 78°8′46″W / 36.38667°N 78.14611°W / 36.38667; -78.14611
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Builtc. 1885 (1885)
Architectural stylepost-Greek revival
NRHP reference No.77001014[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 2, 1977
Mansfield Thornton House

Mansfield Thornton House is a historic home located near Warrenton, Warren County, North Carolina. It was built about 1885, and is a two-story, three bay by one bay, post-Greek Revival style frame dwelling. It is sheathed in weatherboard, sits on a rubble foundation, has a hipped roof, and one-story hip roofed front porch. It was built for former slave Mansfield Thornton.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.[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. ^ Catherine W. Bishir and Panthea Twitty (n.d.). "Mansfield Thornton House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-06-01.