Thomas B. Finley House

Thomas B. Finley House
Location 1014 E St., North Wilkesboro, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°9′41″N 81°9′4″W / 36.16139°N 81.15111°W / 36.16139; -81.15111Coordinates: 36°9′41″N 81°9′4″W / 36.16139°N 81.15111°W / 36.16139; -81.15111
Area less than one acre
Built 1893 (1893)
Architect Bonniwell, Norma
Architectural style Queen Anne
NRHP Reference # 08000415[1]
Added to NRHP May 15, 2008

Thomas B. Finley House, also known as The Oaks, is a historic home located at North Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, North Carolina. It was designed by noted architect Norma Bonniwell (1877–1961) and built in 1893. It is a two-story, Queen Anne style frame dwelling with a one-story rear ell. It features a hip and gable roof, corner tower, fish-scale-cut wood shingles, and one-story, hip-roofed, wraparound porch. It was built for prominent attorney Thomas B. Finley (1862–1942), whose firm Finley and Hendren occupied the Thomas B. Finley Law Office at Wilkesboro.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Laura A. W. Phillips (June 2007). "Thomas B. Finley House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places – Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-07-01.


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