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Shaw House, also known as Cupola House, is a historic home located at Shawboro, Currituck County, North Carolina. It was built about 1885, and is a two-story, three bay by two bay, Italianate style frame dwelling on a brick foundation. It features a three-story tower and has a two-story rear wing. Also on the property are three contributing outbuildings and a well.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

Defining Elements[3]

  1. modest vernacular residential form
  2. asymmetrical front entrance
  3. specific cladding feature [3]
  4. later renovations to the front verandah
  5. square verandah columns
  6. irregular fenestration
  7. small window at front entry
  8. fifteen-pane French front entry door
  9. internal red brick chimney with corbelled cap

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Claudia Roberts and Jim Sumner (November 1979). "Shaw House" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-10-01.
  3. ^ a b "Charles R. Shaw House". search.heritageburnaby.ca. Retrieved 2023-08-03.


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