Twin Houses Explained

Twin Houses
Coordinates:36.4092°N -76.0978°W
Built:c.
Architecture:Federal
Added:April 13, 1972
Refnum:72000959

Twin Houses is a historic home located at Shawboro, Currituck County, North Carolina. It was built about 1797, and consists of two separate two-story, five bay by two bay, identical Federal style structures, joined by a transverse hall. Each house has a hall-and-parlor plan, exterior end chimneys, and they are connected by a one-story, gable roofed, connecting hall.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.

Col. Henry Shaw and his wife are buried at the property, which is currently owned by local historian E. Ray Ethrridge.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Survey and Planning Unit Staff. Twin Houses. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . November 1971 . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2014-10-01.