Moorefields

Historic house in North Carolina, United States
United States historic place
Moorefields
Moorefields, HABS photo, February 1965
36°3′7″N 79°8′43″W / 36.05194°N 79.14528°W / 36.05194; -79.14528
Area8.3 acres (3.4 ha)
Built1785 (1785)
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No.72000982[1]
Added to NRHPApril 25, 1972

Moorefields is a historic plantation home located near Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina. It was built about 1785, and consists of a two-story central block, three bays wide, with flanking one-bay wings in the Federal style. The house features a shed porch with turned wooden posts. It was built by soldier and judge Alfred Moore (1755-1810).[2]

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

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ John B. Wells, III (January 1972). "Moorefields" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.

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