Rigsbee's Rock House

Rigsbee's Rock House
Rigsbee's Rock House, March 2007
Location Jct. of Lawrence Rd. and US 70W Bypass, near Hillsborough, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°3′34″N 79°4′1″W / 36.05944°N 79.06694°W / 36.05944; -79.06694Coordinates: 36°3′34″N 79°4′1″W / 36.05944°N 79.06694°W / 36.05944; -79.06694
Area 1.8 acres (0.73 ha)
Built 1929 (1929)
Architectural style Tudor Revival
NRHP Reference # 88002026[1]
Added to NRHP October 20, 1988

Rigsbee's Rock House is a historic home and national historic district located near Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina. The house was built in 1929, and is a 1 1/2-story, rectangular, white flint rubble dwelling with a steeply pitched hipped roof in the Tudor Revival style. The house was restored in 1986-1987. Also on the property are the contributing original two car, detached garage, a pump house, and an outdoor swimming pool, each constructed of white flint rock.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Michelle A. Francis (June 1988). "Rigsbee's Rock House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.


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