Belvidere (Belvidere, North Carolina)

Belvidere
Exum Newby House, HABS Photo, July 1940
Location NC 37, W of Perquimans River, Belvidere, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°16′8″N 76°32′48″W / 36.26889°N 76.54667°W / 36.26889; -76.54667Coordinates: 36°16′8″N 76°32′48″W / 36.26889°N 76.54667°W / 36.26889; -76.54667
Area 9 acres (3.6 ha)
Built c. 1767 (1767)
Built by Newby, Thomas
Architectural style Georgian
NRHP reference # 77001008[1]
Added to NRHP August 2, 1977

Belvidere, also known as the Exum Newby House and Lamb House, is a historic plantation house located at Belvidere, Perquimans County, North Carolina. It was built about 1767, and is a 1 1/2-story, five bay, frame dwelling with an unusual hip on gambrel roof. The Georgian style dwelling is sheathed in weatherboard and rests on a brick pier foundation. In the mid-1970s, Belvidere was sold to radio personality Wolfman Jack.[2]

The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Carl Lounsbury and Raymond A. Winslow, Jr. (January 1976). "Belvidere" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.


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