Shaw House (Southern Pines, North Carolina) Explained

Shaw House
Location:780 SW. Broad St., near Southern Pines, North Carolina
Coordinates:35.1681°N -79.4017°W
Architecture:Vernacular, farmhouse
Added:June 17, 1993
Refnum:93000542

Shaw House, also known as the Old Shaw Homestead, is a historic home located near Southern Pines, Moore County, North Carolina. It is dated to the early-19th century, and is a -story, three-bay, frame dwelling with Federal / Greek Revival style design elements. The house has massive, single-shoulder, dressed sandstone and brick end chimneys, a gable roof, and full-width engaged front porch. It has a rear ell added in the late-19th or early-20th century. Shaw House is thought to be one of the oldest surviving houses in Moore County.[1]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Linda Harris Edmisten and Susan E. Holladay. Shaw House. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . March 1993. pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2015-02-01.