Merritt-Winstead House
Roadside view of the property
Merritt-Winstead House is located in North Carolina
Merritt-Winstead House
Merritt-Winstead House is located in the United States
Merritt-Winstead House
Location7891 Boston Rd., near Roxboro, North Carolina
Coordinates36°28′56″N 78°55′7″W / 36.48222°N 78.91861°W / 36.48222; -78.91861
Area6.6 acres (2.7 ha)
Built1915 (1915), 1934
Architectural styleQueen Anne, Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.05001031[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 15, 2005

Merritt-Winstead House is a historic home located near Roxboro, Person County, North Carolina. It was built in 1915, as a 1+12-story, transitional Queen Anne / Colonial Revival style frame dwelling. It was enlarged in 1934 to a two-story, three-bay, Colonial Revival dwelling veneered in brick with a one-story, wrap-around American Craftsman-style front porch. A one-story vestibule was added to the front facade about 1950. Also on the property are a contributing carport (c. 1950), garage (c. 1934), tennis court (c. 1925), swimming pool complex (c. 1952), well house (c. 1950), two grape arbors (c. 1930–1935), Bill Joe's Play Doctor's Office (c. 1928), retaining walls (c. 1952), storage building (c. 1934), barbeque grill (c. 1952), and rock walls and a boxwood garden (c. 1925).[2]

The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Sarah A. Woodard (April 2005). "Merritt-Winstead House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.