Allen-Mangum House Explained

Allen-Mangum House
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Location:NC 1700, near Grissom, North Carolina
Coordinates:36.1056°N -78.6172°W
Built:, c. 1880
Architecture:Greek Revival, Italianate, Gothic Revival
Added:April 28, 1988
Refnum:88000410

Allen-Mangum House is a historic plantation house and national historic district located near Grissom, Granville County, North Carolina.

Built as the main residence of a plantation, the house includes a rear block was built about 1848 and a front block added about 1880. It is a two-story frame dwelling with Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, and Italianate style design elements. It has an I-house form and a two-story rear ell. It features a front porch with an exceptionally intricate, cutout screen of woodwork draped between the tops of square bracketed posts. Also on the property is the contributing family cemetery.[1]

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Marvin A. Brown and Patricia Esperon . Allen-Mangum House. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . August 1987. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2014-11-01.