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Nancy Jones House
Nancy Jones House is located in North Carolina
Nancy Jones House
Nancy Jones House is located in the United States
Nancy Jones House
LocationNC 54, Cary, North Carolina
Coordinates35°47′54″N 78°48′09″W / 35.79833°N 78.80250°W / 35.79833; -78.80250
Area16 acres (6.5 ha)
Builtc. 1803 (1803)
Architectural styleFederal, Vernacular Federal
NRHP reference No.84002540[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 1, 1984

Nancy Jones House is a historic home located near Cary, Wake County, North Carolina.

History

The Nancy Jones house was built on 2,000 acre estate on Chapel Hill Road in 1803 by Nathaniel Jones[disambiguation needed], father in law of Nancy Ann Jones. Henry and Nancy Jones started a Stagecoach Stop and a Tavern out of the home. Henry left running the Tavern and Stagecoach stop to Nancy while he tended to the farms on the property. When Henry died in 1841, Nancy Ann Jones continued to run the Tavern/Stagecoach stop for another 30 years. The House was the supposedly the setting of one of North Carolina's legends. In 1838, it is said that Governor Dudley and South Carolina Governor Butler consumed Brandy and said "Its a damned long time between drinks". Other notable people have visited the House such as President James K. Polk with William Alexander Graham while on their way to a speech at University of North Carolina in 1847. In 1865, Union General William T. Sherman bivouacked on the property with his soldiers for a brief amount of time[2]. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]. In 2019, the town of Cary bought the Nancy Jones House from Sri Venkateswara Temple of North Carolina, a Hindu Temple, for 100,000 dollars in order to move it off their property[3].

Design

Nancy Jones House is a two-story, single pile, Federal style frame dwelling. It sits on a brick foundation and has two exterior end chimneys. It has a hall and parlor plan and features a double front portico topped by a broken pediment gable roof.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Jo Ann Wilford (2006). "Nancy Jones House". NCPedia. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Cary Acquires Oldest Remaining Home – 1803 Nancy Jones House – for Preservation, Rehabilitation". townofcary. 3 May 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  4. ^ Jo Ann Williford and Michael Hill (September 1983). "Nancy Jones House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-05-01.

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