Cooke House (Louisburg, North Carolina)
Cooke House is a historic plantation house located near Louisburg, Franklin County, North Carolina. The house was built about 1841, and consists of a two-story, three bay, Greek Revival style frame main block with a smaller earlier one-story section. It has brick exterior end chimneys with stepped shoulders and a wide hip-roof front porch. It was built by Jonas Cooke (1786-1872), whose son Charles M. Cooke (1844-1920) was a noted North Carolina politician.[2]
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| Location | SW of Louisburg near jct. of SR 1114 and SR 1109, near Louisburg, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 36°3′19″N 78°20′23″W |
| Area | 5 acres (2.0 ha) |
| Built | 1841 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 75001265[1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 14, 1975 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[1]
The historic Shemuel Kearney House (built 1759), originally located in Franklinton, currently sits next to the Cooke House. It was moved there in 2009 and reconstructed in 2015.[3]
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- Catherine W. Cockshutt (July 1975). "Cooke House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.
- Old House Dreams - Cooke House, Louisburg, Retrieved Jan. 1, 2016.
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