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Twin Houses

Coordinates: 36°24′33″N 76°5′52″W / 36.40917°N 76.09778°W / 36.40917; -76.09778
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Twin Houses is located in North Carolina
Twin Houses
Twin Houses is located in the United States
Twin Houses
LocationOn NC 168 at jct. of SR 1203 and 1147, Shawboro, North Carolina
Coordinates36°24′33″N 76°5′52″W / 36.40917°N 76.09778°W / 36.40917; -76.09778
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Builtc. 1797 (1797)
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No.72000959[1]
Added to NRHPApril 13, 1972

Twin Houses is a historic home located at Shawboro, Currituck County, North Carolina. It was built about 1797, and consists of two separate two-story, five bay by two bay, identical Federal style structures, joined by a transverse hall. Each house has a hall-and-parlor plan, exterior end chimneys, and they are connected by a one-story, gable roofed, connecting hall.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[1]

Col. Henry Shaw and his wife are buried at the property, which is currently owned by local historian E. Ray Ethrridge.

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 Staff (November 1971). "Twin Houses" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-10-01.