James Dexter Ledbetter House Explained

James Dexter Ledbetter House
Location:Off U.S. Route 74, near Forest City, North Carolina
Coordinates:35.3531°N -81.9017°W
Builder:Ledbetter, James Dexter; Baynard, James Andrew
Architecture:Colonial Revival, Classical Revival, Neo-Classical Revival
Added:June 14, 1982
Refnum:82003511

James Dexter Ledbetter House is a historic home located near Forest City, Rutherford County, North Carolina. It built in 1914, and is a -story, three-bay, double pile frame dwelling with Classical Revival and Colonial Revival style design elements. It sits on a low brick foundation and has a hipped roof. The front facade features a two-story engaged portico supported by Tuscan order columns, with a one-story wraparound section also supported by Tuscan columns.[1]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Doug Swaim and Jim Sumner. James Dexter Ledbetter House. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . December 1981. pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2015-02-01.