Verona (Jackson, North Carolina)

Verona is a historic plantation house located near Jackson, Northampton County, North Carolina. It was built about 1855, and is a one-story, six-bay, T-shaped, Italian Villa style frame dwelling. It has a hipped roof, is sheathed in weatherboard, and sits on a brick basement. It features a full-width porch, with flat sawnwork posts and delicate openwork brackets. Also on the property is the contributing family cemetery. The house was built for Matt Whitaker Ransom (1826-1904), Confederate brigadier general, United States senator, and minister to Mexico, and his wife Martha Exum.[2]

Verona
HABS diagram of the house
Verona (Jackson, North Carolina) is located in North Carolina
Verona (Jackson, North Carolina)
Verona (Jackson, North Carolina) is located in the United States
Verona (Jackson, North Carolina)
Location2 miles (3.2 km) west of Jackson on US 158, near Jackson, North Carolina
Coordinates36°23′15″N 77°28′51″W / 36.38750°N 77.48083°W / 36.38750; -77.48083
Area9.5 acres (3.8 ha)
Builtc. 1855 (1855)
Architectural styleItalian Villa, Tuscan Villa Mode
NRHP reference No.75001286[1]
Added to NRHPMay 29, 1975

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ John Baxton Flowers, III and Catherine W. Cockshutt (March 1975). "Verona" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-03-01.
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