Robert L. Doughton House is a historic home located at Laurel Springs, Alleghany County, North Carolina It was built in 1899, and is a two-story frame farmhouse in a vernacular Queen Anne style influenced frame cottage. It features a steeply pitched hip roof, with a two-story, one-bay gable roof projection. It was the home of Robert L. Doughton (1863-1954), one of North Carolina's foremost politicians of the first of the 20th century.[2] In the 1990s Rufus A. Doughton's house was restored, and it is now a popular bed-and-breakfast for tourists to the region.
Robert L. Doughton House | |
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| Location | NC 18, Laurel Springs, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 36°24′38″N 81°15′55″W / 36.41056°N 81.26528°W |
| Area | 3.5 acres (1.4 ha) |
| Built | 1899 |
| Architectural style | Queen Anne, Late Queen Anne |
| NRHP reference No. | 79001656[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 13, 1979 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]
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- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Michael Southern and Joe Mobley (May 1979). "Robert L. Doughton House" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
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