Own a piece of history – A beautiful two-story double-pile Victorian style home originally built in 1868 in the West Main-North Chesnutt Streets Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places Inventory. This home is full of unique character and charm with ornate features and high ceilings. Full width front porch with intricate decorative sawn balustrade and running porch jigsaw frieze supported by fluted turned columns. Features Gingerbread trim and twin brackets. Wood clapboard siding and octagonal wood shingle gable ends and on the double-pile bay window siding. Multi-gabled rolled tin and octagonal tin roofing. 1/1 wavy or restoration glass windows; several stained glass windows and a unique art deco etched glass window in side entry door. Side porch with entry to an 8’x20′ cellar beneath. The interior is noted for its central and transverse halls with 11’6” ceilings, archways, superbly detailed staircase and woodwork highlighted by a Victorian overmantel, archway, colored window and twin 6-arm antique filligree center hall chandeliers. Contributing to its architectural significance is the original stair including balustrade, handrail, treads, risers, and newel post; Archway in central hall; Beaded-board wainscot in central and traverse hall; Victorian mantle in left front parlor room; Ash mantle, with raised panes in right front parlor with tile fire box surround; Slate mantle in dining room; Three simple pine mantles on the second floor; Victorian period door and window surrounds in front section of first story; simple Greek Revival door and window surrounds; and four and five panel interior doors all of which must not be removed or altered. The kitchen has been updated, as has wiring, plumbing, gas lines, insulation, HVAC duct work, crawl space encapsulated; security system, and wood plantation shutters throughout the house. So much more to this historical significant home. Subject to The Historic Preservation Foundation of NC easement. Listed With Frank Butler, Butler & Faircloth :: 910-596-8435
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