Moorefields


Moorefields
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Moorefields, HABS photo, February 1965
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Location	N of jct. of SR 1134 and 1135, near Hillsborough, North Carolina
Coordinates	36°3′7″N 79°8′43″W / 36.05194°N 79.14528°W / 36.05194; -79.14528Coordinates: 36°3′7″N 79°8′43″W / 36.05194°N 79.14528°W / 36.05194; -79.14528
Area	8.3 acres (3.4 ha)
Built	1785 (1785)
Architectural style	Federal
NRHP Reference #	72000982^[1]
Added to NRHP	April 25, 1972

Moorefields is a historic home located near Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina. It was built about 1785, and consists of a two-story central block, three bays wide, with flanking one-bay wings in the Federal style. The house features a shed porch with turned wooden posts. It was built by soldier and judge Alfred Moore (1755-1810).^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ John B. Wells, III (January 1972). "Moorefields" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.

External links

Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. NC-271, "Moorefields, State Route 1135, Hillsborough, Orange County, NC", 5 photos, 5 data pages, 1 photo caption page

U.S. National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina

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