John Wheeler House (Murfreesboro, North Carolina)

John Wheeler House
Trader House, HABS photo, July 1940
John Wheeler House (Murfreesboro, North Carolina) is located in North Carolina
John Wheeler House (Murfreesboro, North Carolina)
John Wheeler House (Murfreesboro, North Carolina) is located in the United States
John Wheeler House (Murfreesboro, North Carolina)
Location403 E. Broad St., Murfreesboro, North Carolina, U.S.
Coordinates36°26′39″N 77°5′54″W / 36.44417°N 77.09833°W / 36.44417; -77.09833
Area0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Builtc. 1805 (1805)
Architectural styleFederal, Vernacular Federal
NRHP reference No.71000596[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 31, 1971

John Wheeler House is a historic home located in the Murfreesboro Historic District at Murfreesboro, Hertford County, North Carolina. It was built about 1805, and is a two-story, three-bay, vernacular Federal-style Flemish bond brick dwelling with a central passage plan. The front facade features a later two-story pedimented portico. It was the birthplace of John H. Wheeler (1806-1882) and later home of Congressman Jesse Johnson Yeates (1829-1892).[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.[1]

  • Trader House, HABS photo, July 1940
    Trader House, HABS photo, July 1940

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ John B. Wells, III; Sherry I. Penney (October 1970). "John Wheeler House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved January 1, 2015.

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