Francis Parker House, also known as Parker's Big Run or High House, is a historic home located near Murfreesboro, Northampton County, North Carolina. It was built about 1785, and is a 1+1⁄2-story, hall and parlor plan, Georgian style frame dwelling with a one-story rear wing. It has a gambrel roof, is sheathed in weatherboard, sits on a raised brick basement, and rebuilt massive paved double-shoulder exterior end chimneys. The house was moves to its present location in 1976. The contributing Vaughan house and pyramidal-roof frame dairy (formerly located in Hertford County near the Parker house), were also moved to the site.[2]
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| Nearest city | Murfreesboro, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 36°26′18″N 77°8′55″W / 36.43833°N 77.14861°W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | c. 1785 |
| Architectural style | Georgian |
| NRHP reference No. | 83001900[1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 21, 1983 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ John B. Parker (July 1982). "Francis Parker House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-03-01.