Rosefield is a historic plantation house located at Windsor, Bertie County, North Carolina. It was built in three sections, with the oldest built about 1786–1791. It is a two-story, five-bay, L-plan frame dwelling with Georgian, Federal, and Greek Revival style design elements. It has a two-story, two-bay addition and a two-story rear addition built in 1855. It features a hip roof front porch. Also on the property are the contributing small frame outbuilding, office, dairy, and family cemetery.[2]
Rosefield | |
 Entrance from Gray Street | |
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| Location | 212 W. Gray St., Windsor, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°59′42″N 76°56′50″W / 35.99500°N 76.94722°W |
| Area | 76 acres (31 ha) |
| Built | c. 1786-1791, 1855 |
| Architect | Gilbert Leigh |
| Architectural style | Federal, Georgian, Greek Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 82003434[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 26, 1982 |
The house was named for the fact a bed of wild roses grew at the original site.[3]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Marshall Bullock (April 1982). "Rosefield" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
- ^ Federal Writers' Project (1938). The Ocean Highway: New Brunswick, New Jersey to Jacksonville, Florida. Works Progress Administration. p. 103.