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Gray-Brownlow-Wilcox House

Coordinates: 36°15′34″N 77°51′46″W / 36.25944°N 77.86278°W / 36.25944; -77.86278
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Gray-Brownlow-Wilcox House
Gray-Brownlow-Wilcox House is located in North Carolina
Gray-Brownlow-Wilcox House
Gray-Brownlow-Wilcox House is located in the United States
Gray-Brownlow-Wilcox House
LocationSouth of Brinkleyville on NC 58, near Brinkleyville, North Carolina
Coordinates36°15′34″N 77°51′46″W / 36.25944°N 77.86278°W / 36.25944; -77.86278
Area28.2 acres (11.4 ha)
Builtc.1820 (1820)
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No.82003463[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 3, 1982

Gray-Brownlow-Wilcox House, also known as La Vallee, is a historic plantation house located at Aurelian Springs, Halifax County, North Carolina. It was built about 1820, and is a 2+12-story, three-bay, Federal-style frame dwelling. It has a temple-form and pedimented gable front facade. Located behind the house is a 1+12-story frame building that housed Brownlow's Female Academy from about 1833 to 1851.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[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. ^ Jim Sumner and Eliza S. Robertson (February 1982). "Gray-Brownlow-Wilcox House" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.