Clifton House and Mill Site explained

Clifton House and Mill Site
Location:SR 1103, near Royal, North Carolina
Coordinates:36.0014°N -78.35°W
Built:c., c. 1850
Architecture:Greek Revival, Italianate
Added:April 17, 1980
Refnum:80002835

Clifton House and Mill Site is a historic home and grist mill site located near Royal, Franklin County, North Carolina. It was built in the 1850s, and is a two-story, rectangular frame house with a hipped roof in the Greek Revival style with Italianate design elements. It features a two-story pedimented front porch and has a two-story rear ell. Also on the property are two contributing 19th-century outbuildings, Miller's House, and the ruins of a grist mill built about 1831, including some machinery.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Catherine W. Bishir and Jerry L. Cross. Clifton House and Mill Site . National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . November 1979 . pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2014-11-01.