Robert L. Doughton House

Robert L. Doughton House
Robert L. Doughton House is located in North Carolina
Robert L. Doughton House
Robert L. Doughton House is located in the United States
Robert L. Doughton House
LocationNC 18, Laurel Springs, North Carolina
Coordinates36°24′38″N 81°15′55″W / 36.41056°N 81.26528°W / 36.41056; -81.26528
Area3.5 acres (1.4 ha)
Built1899 (1899)
Architectural styleQueen Anne, Late Queen Anne
NRHP reference No.79001656[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 13, 1979

Robert L. Doughton House is a historic home located at Laurel Springs, Alleghany County, North Carolina It was built in 1899, and is a two-story frame farmhouse in a vernacular Queen Anne style influenced frame cottage. It features a steeply pitched hip roof, with a two-story, one-bay gable roof projection. It was the home of Robert L. Doughton (1863-1954), one of North Carolina's foremost politicians of the first of the 20th century.[2] In the 1990s Rufus A. Doughton's house was restored, and it is now a popular bed-and-breakfast for tourists to the region.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Michael Southern and Joe Mobley (May 1979). "Robert L. Doughton House" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.


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