George Matthias Bernhardt House

George Matthias Bernhardt House
Location S of Rockwell on SR 2361,
near Rockwell, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°30′27″N 80°25′42″W / 35.50750°N 80.42833°W / 35.50750; -80.42833Coordinates: 35°30′27″N 80°25′42″W / 35.50750°N 80.42833°W / 35.50750; -80.42833
Area 323 acres (131 ha)
Built c. 1855 (1855)
Architect Unknown
Architectural style Greek Revival
NRHP reference # 82001303[1]
Added to NRHP November 26, 1982

The George Matthias Bernhardt House is a historic plantation house located near Rockwell, Rowan County, North Carolina.

Description and history

It was built in about 1855, and is a two-story, "T"-plan, Greek Revival-style frame dwelling. It has a gable roof, sits on a brick foundation, and is sheathed in weatherboard. Also on the 323 acre property are the contributing double pen log barn, log smokehouse, well shed, two granaries, and plantation office. Paul Mathias Bernhardt (1846-1922), a son of George Matthias Bernhardt (1820-1885), built the Bernhardt House at Salisbury, North Carolina.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 26, 1982.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Davyd Foard Hood and Jim Sumner (July 1982). "George Matthias Bernhardt House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.


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