Twin Houses

Twin Houses
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Location	On NC 168 at jct. of SR 1203 and 1147, Shawboro, North Carolina
Coordinates	36°24′33″N 76°5′52″W / 36.40917°N 76.09778°W / 36.40917; -76.09778Coordinates: 36°24′33″N 76°5′52″W / 36.40917°N 76.09778°W / 36.40917; -76.09778
Area	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built	c. 1797 (1797)
Architectural style	Federal
NRHP Reference #	72000959^[1]
Added to NRHP	April 13, 1972

Twin Houses is a historic home located at Shawboro, Currituck County, North Carolina. It was built about 1797, and consists of two separate two-story, five bay by two bay, identical Federal style structures, joined by a transverse hall. Each house has a hall-and-parlor plan, exterior end chimneys, and they are connected by a one-story, gable roofed, connecting hall.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.^[1]

Col. Henry Shaw and his wife are buried at the property, which is currently owned by local historian E. Ray Ethrridge.

References

1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Survey and Planning Unit Staff (November 1971). "Twin Houses" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-10-01.

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