Davenport House - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Davenport House - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Davenport House is a historic homestead located on Mount Tabor Road in Creswell, Washington County, North Carolina. It was built about 1815, and is a -story, heavy timber-frame cottage. The layout of the house is a one-room core and an engaged porch with a rear shed room and features a broken-slope roof. The architecture of the home is classified as a "coastal cottage" in North Carolina regional architecture. Few examples of this style of home have survived, but similar one-room core historic homes include Purefoy-Chappell House and the Cullen and Elizabeth Jones House. It is the oldest homestead available for public viewing in the region. The homestead is part of the estate of Daniel Davenport, the first representative to the North Carolina Senate from Washington County. (It is noted that Davenport was a slave owner, although his descendants were not.). The house itself is presumed to have been built by his daughter, Asenath Davenport. Read more on Wikipedia
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