Vernon Place Explained

Vernon Place
Location:North of Como off US 258, near Como, North Carolina
Coordinates:36.5042°N -76.9997°W
Architecture:Greek Revival, Federal, Colonial Revival
Added:April 29, 1982
Refnum:82003469

Vernon Place, also known as the Cowper-Taylor House, is a historic plantation house located near Como, Hertford County, North Carolina. It is dated to the late-1820s, and is a two-story, five-bay, T-plan, transitional Federal / Greek Revival frame dwelling. It has a low-pitched, gableroof and Colonial Revival style one-story hip-roof wraparound porch added about 1900. Also on the property are the contributing one-room, -story frame Federal style house, wellhouse, and a Delco plant.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Margaret L. Stephenson and Bruce S. Cheeseman. Vernon Place. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . September 1980 . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2015-01-01.