Elgin (Warrenton, North Carolina)

Elgin
Elgin, HABS Photo, 1940
Location SE of Warrenton on SR 1509, near Warrenton, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°23′06″N 78°06′09″W / 36.38500°N 78.10250°W / 36.38500; -78.10250Coordinates: 36°23′06″N 78°06′09″W / 36.38500°N 78.10250°W / 36.38500; -78.10250
Area 60 acres (24 ha)
Built c. 1830 (1830)
Architectural style Federal, temple form dwelling
NRHP reference # 73001381[1]
Added to NRHP February 6, 1973

Elgin is a historic plantation house located near Warrenton, Warren County, North Carolina. It was built about 1835, and is a two-story, three bay, Federal style temple-form frame dwelling. It has a gable roof, pedimented front porch, and flanking porches. At the rear is an earlier 1 1/2-story frame dwelling with a gable roof. The front facade features a Palladian entrance with sidelights and Tuscan colonnettes. The house is similar in style to Dalkeith.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Survey and Planning Unit Staff (November 1972). "Elgin" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-06-01.


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