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Clifton House and Mill Site

Coordinates: 36°00′05″N 78°21′00″W / 36.00139°N 78.35000°W / 36.00139; -78.35000
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Clifton House and Mill Site
Clifton House and Mill Site is located in North Carolina
Clifton House and Mill Site
Clifton House and Mill Site is located in the United States
Clifton House and Mill Site
LocationSR 1103, near Royal, North Carolina
Coordinates36°00′05″N 78°21′00″W / 36.00139°N 78.35000°W / 36.00139; -78.35000
Area245 acres (99 ha)
Builtc. 1831 (1831), c. 1850
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Italianate
NRHP reference No.80002835[1]
Added to NRHPApril 17, 1980

Clifton House and Mill Site is a historic home and grist mill site located near Royal, Franklin County, North Carolina. It was built in the 1850s, and is a two-story, rectangular frame house with a hipped roof in the Greek Revival style with Italianate design elements. It features a two-story pedimented front porch and has a two-story rear ell. Also on the property are two contributing 19th-century outbuildings, Miller's House, and the ruins of a grist mill built about 1831, including some machinery.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Catherine W. Bishir and Jerry L. Cross (November 1979). "Clifton House and Mill Site" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.