Freeman House, also known as The Hertford Academy, is a historic
school
A school is the educational institution (and, in the case of in-person learning, the Educational architecture, building) designed to provide learning environments for the teaching of students, usually under the direction of teachers. Most co ...
building located in the
Murfreesboro Historic District
Murfreesboro Historic District is a national historic district located at Murfreesboro, Hertford County, North Carolina. The district encompasses nine contributing buildings in the oldest section of the city of Murfreesboro. The buildings incl ...
at
Murfreesboro
Murfreesboro is a city in Rutherford County, Tennessee, United States, and its county seat. Its population was 165,430 according to the 2023 census estimate, up from 108,755 residents certified in 2010 United States census, 2010. Murfreesboro i ...
,
Hertford County, North Carolina
Hertford 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 21,552. Its county seat is Winton, North Carolina, Winton. It is classified ...
. It was built about 1810, and is a two-story, Federal-style brick building with a hip roof and
central passage plan
The central-passage house, also known variously as central hall plan house, center-hall house, hall-passage-parlor house, Williamsburg cottage, and Tidewater-type cottage, was a vernacular, or folk form, house type from the colonial period onwar ...
. Its brickwork is laid in
Flemish bond
Flemish bond is a pattern of brickwork that is a common feature in Georgian architecture. The pattern features bricks laid lengthwise (''stretchers'') alternating with bricks laid with their shorter ends exposed (''headers'') within the same cou ...
. It is considered the birthplace of
Chowan University
Chowan University () , from the North Carolina Collection's website at 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 1971.
Gallery
File:Historic American Buildings Survey, Thomas T. Waterman, Photographer July, 1940 GENERAL VIEW. - Freeman House, 200 East Broad Street, Murfreesboro, Hertford County, NC HABS NC,46-MURF,4-1.tif, Freeman House, HABS photo, July 1940