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Duke-Lawrence House, also known as Lawrence House and Shoulars House, is a historic
plantation house A plantation house is the main house of a plantation, often a substantial farmhouse, which often serves as a symbol for the plantation as a whole. Plantation houses in the Southern United States and in other areas are known as quite grand and ...
located near
Rich Square Rich Square (also known as Richsquare) is an American town of 894 people in Northampton County, North Carolina. History Quakers were some of the earliest settlers in Northampton County, being established there by the early 1750s. The congrega ...
,
Northampton County, North Carolina Northampton County ( ) is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 17,471. Its county seat is Jackson, North Carolina, Jackson. Northampto ...
. The original western frame section was built about 1747, with the eastern brick section built between 1787 and 1796. It is a T-shaped Georgian style dwelling that consists of a -story, brick section and the original three bay frame section with a brick end. It features a split-level floor arrangement and a sloping one-story roofline to the rear. The interior woodwork was removed in the 1930s and installed in "Willow Oaks" in
Richmond, Virginia Richmond ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the Commonwealth (U.S. state), U.S. commonwealth of Virginia. Incorporated in 1742, Richmond has been an independent city (United States), independent city since 1871. ...
. 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 ...
in 1980.


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Plantation houses in North Carolina Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Georgian architecture in North Carolina Houses completed in 1796 Houses in Northampton County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Northampton County, North Carolina 1796 establishments in North Carolina {{NorthamptonCountyNC-NRHP-stub