John Wheeler House (Murfreesboro, North Carolina)

John Wheeler House
Trader House, HABS photo, July 1940
Location 403 E. Broad St., Murfreesboro, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°26′39″N 77°5′54″W / 36.44417°N 77.09833°W / 36.44417; -77.09833Coordinates: 36°26′39″N 77°5′54″W / 36.44417°N 77.09833°W / 36.44417; -77.09833
Area 0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built c. 1805 (1805)
Architectural style Federal, Vernacular Federal
NRHP Reference # 71000596[1]
Added to NRHP March 31, 1971

John Wheeler House is a historic home located in the Murfreesboro Historic District at Murfreesboro, Hertford County, North Carolina. It was built about 1805, and is a two-story, three bay, vernacular Federal style brick dwelling with a central passage plan. The front facade features a later two-story pedimented portico. It was the birthplace of John H. Wheeler (1806-1882) and later home of Congressman Jesse Johnson Yeates (1829-1892).[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. John B. Wells, III, and Sherry I. Penney (October 1970). "John Wheeler House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-01-01.


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