Brown–Graves House and Brown's Store explained

Brown–Graves House and Brown's Store
Location:SW of Yanceyville on NC 150, near Locust Hill, North Carolina
Coordinates:36.36°N -79.4511°W
Built:c.
Architecture:Georgian, Late Georgian
Added:July 15, 1974
Refnum:74001334

Brown–Graves House and Brown's Store is a historic plantation complex located near Locust Hill, Caswell County, North Carolina. The plantation house was built about 1800, and is a two-story, five-bay, Late Georgian style frame dwelling. It is set on a stone basement and has a low hipped roof. The front facade features a one-story pedimented porch with Corinthian order columns. Brown's Store is located across from the house and is a one-story, gabled frame building with a single shouldered stone and brick chimney. Also on the property are the contributing two slave quarters, a smoke house, and a Greek Revival period law office.[1]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Survey and Planning Unit. Brown–Graves House and Brown's Store. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . November 1973. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2014-08-01.