Allen-Mangum House

Allen-Mangum House is a historic plantation house and national historic district located near Grissom, Granville County, North Carolina. The rear block was built about 1848 and front block added about 1880. It is a two-story frame dwelling with Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, and Italianate style design elements. It has an I-house form and a two-story rear ell. It features a front porch with an exceptionally intricate, cutout screen of woodwork draped between the tops of square bracketed posts. Also on the property is the contributing family cemetery.[2]

Allen-Mangum House
LocationNC 1700, near Grissom, North Carolina
Coordinates36°6′20″N 78°37′2″W
Area3.5 acres (1.4 ha)
Built1848 (1848), c. 1880
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Italianate, Gothic Revival
MPSGranville County MPS
NRHP reference No.88000410[1]
Added to NRHPApril 28, 1988

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Marvin A. Brown and Patricia Esperon (August 1987). "Allen-Mangum House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.


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