Maxwell Chambers House
Maxwell Chambers House is a historic home located at Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina. It was built between 1814 and 1819, and is a two-story, three bay, Federal-style frame townhouse. It has three interior end chimneys and a one-story full-width shed roofed front porch with Doric order columns.[2]
Maxwell Chambers House | |
 Maxwell Chambers House. Ca. 1819. Federal. Salisbury, NC. West Square Local Historic District. | |
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| Location | 116 S. Jackson St., Salisbury, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°40′09″N 80°28′20″W |
| Area | 0.5 acres (0.20 ha) |
| Built | c. 1814-1819 |
| Built by | Stirewalt, Jacob |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| NRHP reference No. | 72000992[1] |
| Added to NRHP | January 20, 1972 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[1] It is located in the Salisbury Historic District.
Maxwell Chambers
The house became the Rowan County museum prior to 1979. It was the home of Maxwell Chambers (1780-1855), a slave owner, planter and manufacturer in Salisbury.[3] He was also a representative from the Salisbury District in the North Carolina House of Commons in 1779, 1789, and 1790.[4]
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- John B. Wells, III (June 1971). "Maxwell Chambers House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
- Wineka, Mark (2015-07-21). "'They stopped in Oberlin': Freed slaves from Salisbury made a new life in progressive Ohio village". Salisbury Post. Retrieved 2020-04-07.
- Brawley, James S. Brawley (1979). "Maxwell Chambers". NCPedia. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
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