Thompson House (Wake Forest, North Carolina)

Coordinates: 35°58′10″N 78°34′8″W / 35.96944°N 78.56889°W / 35.96944; -78.56889
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Thompson House
Thompson House (Wake Forest, North Carolina) is located in North Carolina
Thompson House (Wake Forest, North Carolina)
Thompson House (Wake Forest, North Carolina) is located in the United States
Thompson House (Wake Forest, North Carolina)
Location2528 Old NC Highway 98, near Wake Forest, North Carolina
Coordinates35°58′10″N 78°34′8″W / 35.96944°N 78.56889°W / 35.96944; -78.56889
Area2.1 acres (0.85 ha)
Builtc. 1853 (1853)
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No.05001030[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 15, 2005

Thompson House, also known as the William Thompson House, is a historic plantation house located near Wake Forest, Wake County, North Carolina. It was built about 1853, and is a two-story, three-bay Greek Revival-style frame dwelling. It is sheathed in weatherboard, sits on a fieldstone foundation, and has four brick chimneys, two on each side. Also on the property is a contributing 1+12-story barn (c. 1853). The house and barn were moved to its present location in 2004.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Edward Salo (March 2005). "Thompson House" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-06-01.