Jesse Benbow House II

Historic house in North Carolina, United States

United States historic place


Jesse Benbow House II
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

36°9′50″N 80°00′08″W / 36.16389°N 80.00222°W / 36.16389; -80.00222
Area	15.2 acres (6.2 ha)
Built	1858 (1858)
Architectural style	Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.	83001885^[1]
Added to NRHP	September 8, 1983

The Jesse Benbow House II is a historic house located near Oak Ridge, Guilford County, North Carolina.

Description and history

It was built in 1858, and is a two-story, three-bay, double-pile vernacular Greek Revival style frame dwelling. It has a low hipped roof and has a long one-story gable-roofed rear ell. Also on the property are the contributing horse barn, smokehouse, granary, woodshed or "summerhouse," greenhouse, chicken coop, and large barn.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 8, 1983.^[1]

Rumored to be a stop on the underground railway, with a false wall and under house access in the library. All owners of the house signatures located under the main staircase, dating back to Jesse Benbow II.

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Paul Fomberg (n.d.). "Jesse Benbow House II" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.