John Wheeler House (Murfreesboro, North Carolina)

John Wheeler House
Location407 E. Broad St., Murfreesboro, North Carolina, U.S.
Coordinates36°26′39″N 77°5′54″W / 36.44417°N 77.09833°W / 36.44417; -77.09833
Area0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Builtc. 1805 (1805)
Architectural styleFederal, Vernacular Federal
NRHP reference No.71000596[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 31, 1971

John Wheeler House is a historic home located in the Murfreesboro Historic District at Murfreesboro, Hertford County, North Carolina. It was built about 1805, and is a two-story, three-bay, vernacular Federal-style Flemish bond brick dwelling with a central passage plan. The front facade features a later two-story pedimented portico. It was the birthplace of John H. Wheeler (1806-1882) and later home of Congressman Jesse Johnson Yeates (1829-1892).[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ John B. Wells, III; Sherry I. Penney (October 1970). "John Wheeler House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved January 1, 2015.