Jesse Benbow House II | |
Location: | NC 150, near Oak Ridge, North Carolina |
Coordinates: | 36.1639°N -80.0022°W |
Architecture: | Greek Revival |
Added: | September 8, 1983 |
Refnum: | 83001885 |
The Jesse Benbow House II is a historic house located near Oak Ridge, Guilford County, North Carolina.
It was built in 1858, and is a two-story, three-bay, double-pile vernacular Greek Revival style frame dwelling. It has a low hipped roof and has a long one-story gable-roofed rear ell. Also on the property are the contributing horse barn, smokehouse, granary, woodshed or "summerhouse," greenhouse, chicken coop, and large barn.[1]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 8, 1983.
Rumored to be a stop on the underground railway, with a false wall and under house access in the library. All owners of the house signatures located under the main staircase, dating back to Jesse Benbow II.