Rosefield (Windsor, North Carolina) Explained

Rosefield
Coordinates:35.995°N -76.9472°W
Built:c. -1791, 1855
Architect:Gilbert Leigh
Architecture:Federal, Georgian, Greek Revival
Added:August 26, 1982
Refnum:82003434

Rosefield is a historic plantation house located at Windsor, Bertie County, North Carolina. It was built in three sections, with the oldest built about 1786–1791. It is a two-story, five-bay, L-plan frame dwelling with Georgian, Federal, and Greek Revival style design elements. It has a two-story, two-bay addition and a two-story rear addition built in 1855. It features a hip roof front porch. Also on the property are the contributing small frame outbuilding, office, dairy, and family cemetery.[1]

The house was named for the fact a bed of wild roses grew at the original site.[2]

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Marshall Bullock. Rosefield. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . April 1982. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2014-08-01.
  2. Book: Federal Writers' Project. The Ocean Highway: New Brunswick, New Jersey to Jacksonville, Florida. 1938. Works Progress Administration. 103.