Andrew Carpenter House

Andrew Carpenter House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	SR 1820, near Lucia, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°23′19″N 81°3′7″W / 35.38861°N 81.05194°WCoordinates: 35°23′19″N 81°3′7″W / 35.38861°N 81.05194°W
Area	13 acres (5.3 ha)
Built	1836
Architectural style	Federal
NRHP Reference #	83001883[1]
Added to NRHP	March 17, 1983

The Andrew Carpenter House on State Road 1820 in Gaston County, North Carolina, is believed to have been built for Andrew Carpenter shortly after his marriage to Sophia Smith on April 19, 1831.^[2] The two-story Federal style plantation house is two rooms deep and has paired chimneys. It is one of the largest early-19th century houses in Gaston County.^[3]

The house was accessioned to the National Register of Historic Places on March 17, 1983.^[4] This referenced website has several excellent photographs of the house.^[5]

References

1. National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. North Carolina State University Library, Special Collections Research Center: Built Heritage of North Carolina: Historic Architecture in the Old North State, http://images.lib.ncsu.edu:8180/luna/servlet/view/search?q=%22Andrew+Carpenter+House%22, accessed 1 Oct 2009.
3. Alan Waufle; Davyd Foard Hood; Robert C. Carpenter (n.d.). "Andrew Carpenter House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.
4. National Register of Historic Places: Carpenter, Andrew, House, http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natregsearchresult.do?fullresult=true&recordid=5[], accessed 1 Oct 2009.
5. Historic Architecture in the Old North State, http://images.lib.ncsu.edu:8180/luna/servlet/view/search?q=%22Andrew+Carpenter+House%22, accessed 1 Oct 2009.