Mansfield Thornton House

Mansfield Thornton House
Location SE of Warrenton, near Warrenton, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°23′12″N 78°8′46″W / 36.38667°N 78.14611°W / 36.38667; -78.14611Coordinates: 36°23′12″N 78°8′46″W / 36.38667°N 78.14611°W / 36.38667; -78.14611
Area 2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built c. 1885 (1885)
Architectural style post-Greek revival
NRHP Reference # 77001014[1]
Added to NRHP December 2, 1977

Mansfield Thornton House is a historic home located near Warrenton, Warren County, North Carolina. It was built about 1885, and is a two-story, three bay by one bay, post-Greek Revival style frame dwelling. It is sheathed in weatherboard, sits on a rubble foundation, has a hipped roof, and one-story hip roofed front porch. It was built for former slave Mansfield Thornton.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Catherine W. Bishir and Panthea Twitty (n.d.). "Mansfield Thornton House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-06-01.


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