Area 5,300 m² | NRHP Reference # 82003522 Added to NRHP 24 August 1982 | |
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Built c. 1834 (1834), c. 1871 Architectural styles Victorian architecture, Federal architecture | ||
Brown-Cowles House and Cowles Law Office, also known as the Paul Osborne House and Law and Bride Cottage, is a historic home and law office located at Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, North Carolina. The Cowles Law Office was built about 1871, and is a small one-story frame building with gable roof and single-shoulder end chimney. The original section of the Brown-Cowles House was built about 1834, and enlarged with a two-story wing by 1885 and enlarged again between 1920 and 1926. It is a two-story frame dwelling with Federal style detailing. Also on the property are the contributing curing house and kitchen. It was the home of William H.H. Cowles (1840-1901), a lawyer and four-term Congressman during the 1880s and 1890s.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.