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Porter Houses and Armstrong Kitchen

Coordinates: 36°3′55″N 77°40′1″W / 36.06528°N 77.66694°W / 36.06528; -77.66694
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Porter Houses and Armstrong Kitchen
Porter Houses and Armstrong Kitchen is located in North Carolina
Porter Houses and Armstrong Kitchen
Porter Houses and Armstrong Kitchen is located in the United States
Porter Houses and Armstrong Kitchen
Location821 Wells Rd., near Whitakers, North Carolina
Coordinates36°3′55″N 77°40′1″W / 36.06528°N 77.66694°W / 36.06528; -77.66694
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Builtc. 1850 (1850), c. 1900
Architectural styleGambrel-roofed house
NRHP reference No.02000988[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 14, 2002

Porter Houses and Armstrong Kitchen is a set of two historic homes and a kitchen building located near Whitakers, Edgecombe County, North Carolina. The first Porter dwelling dates to the last quarter of the 18th century, and is a 1+12-story frame dwelling with a gambrel roof. It was restored in 1994. The second Porter dwelling also dates to the last quarter of the 18th century, and is a one-room, 1+12-story frame dwelling with a gable roof. It measures approximately 16 feet wide and 24 feet long. Also on the property is a frame kitchen building built about 1850 and remodeled about 1900.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[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. ^ Heather Fearnbach (February 2002). "Porter Houses and Armstrong Kitchen" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.