Description and history

The earliest log section was built about 1845, and forms the rear ell. It was raised to a full two stories in the 1930s, and additions were made to the ell about 1960 and 2000. The main section was built about 1880, and is a two-story, frame

I-house The I-house is a vernacular architecture, vernacular house type, popular in the United States from the colonial period onward. The I-house was so named in the 1930s by Fred Kniffen, a cultural geographer at Louisiana State University who was a sp ...

dwelling. It features a two-story

portico A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls. This idea was widely used in ancient Greece and has influenced many cu ...

. Both sections are sheathed in weatherboard. It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...

on June 2, 2004.

References

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Houses completed in 1880 Houses in Buncombe County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Buncombe County, North Carolina I-houses in North Carolina {{BuncombeCountyNC-NRHP-stub