James Iredell House

Historic house in North Carolina, United States

United States historic place


James Iredell House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

The Iredell House in Edenton, North Carolina
36°3′38″N 76°36′25″W / 36.06056°N 76.60694°W / 36.06056; -76.60694
Built	1759
Architect	Unknown
Architectural style	Georgian, Federal
NRHP reference No.	70000449^[1]
Added to NRHP	February 26, 1970

The James Iredell House is a historic home located at Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina. The original section was built 1800, and expanded to its present configuration about 1827. It is a two-story, L-shaped frame dwelling with Georgian and Federal style design elements. It was the home of James Iredell, an ardent patriot and Justice of the Supreme Court.^[2]^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.^[1]

The house is now a historic house museum, one of several sites of Historic Edenton, and belongs to the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural resources. Other historic sites open for tour include the Roanoke River Light, Chowan County Courthouse, Barker House, Cupola House and St. Paul's Church.

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ Charles W Snell (January 1973). "James Iredell House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
^ Federal Writers' Project (1938). The Ocean Highway: New Brunswick, New Jersey to Jacksonville, Florida. Works Progress Administration. p. 100.

External links

Media related to James Iredell House at Wikimedia Commons

Historic Edenton
Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. NC-150, "James Iredell House, 107 East Church Street, Edenton, Chowan County, NC", 4 photos

U.S. National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina

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