George Matthias Bernhardt House Explained

George Matthias Bernhardt House
Coordinates:35.5075°N -80.4283°W
Built:c.
Architecture:Greek Revival
Added:November 26, 1982
Refnum:82001303

The George Matthias Bernhardt House is a historic plantation house located near Rockwell, Rowan County, North Carolina.

Description and history

It was built in about 1855, and is a two-story, "T"-plan, Greek Revival-style frame dwelling. It has a gable roof, sits on a brick foundation, and is sheathed in weatherboard. Also on the 323 acre property are the contributing double pen log barn, log smokehouse, well shed, two granaries, and plantation office. Paul Mathias Bernhardt (1846-1922), a son of George Matthias Bernhardt (1820-1885), built the Bernhardt House at Salisbury, North Carolina.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 26, 1982.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Davyd Foard Hood and Jim Sumner . George Matthias Bernhardt House . National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . July 1982 . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2015-02-01.