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James A. and Laura Thompson Long House

James A. and Laura Thompson Long House

Historic house in North Carolina, United States

James A. and Laura Thompson Long House is a historic home located at Roxboro, Person County, North Carolina. It was built in 1896, and is a three-story, rectangular, Queen Anne style frame dwelling with a rear ell and enclosed rear porch. It features round towers with conical roofs at the front corners, a one-story wraparound porch with Doric order columns, and a hipped slate roof with dormers. The house was subdivided into apartments in the 1940s. Its builder, J. A. Long (1841–1915),[2] is considered the "founder of modern Roxboro."[3]

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The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. [2]
    "J.A. Long was the father of modern-day RoxboroJ.A. Long was the father of modern-day Roxboro, 1/26/19 on The Courier Times".
  3. [3]
    Sarah A. Woodard (December 2004). "James A. and Laura Thompson Long House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.


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