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Edwards Franklin House

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Built
  
1799

Opened
  
1799

Added to NRHP
  
24 April 1973

NRHP Reference #
  
73001369

Area
  
2 ha

Edwards-Franklin House

Location
  
Northwest of Dobson on SR 1331, near Dobson, North Carolina

Address
  
4132 Haystack Rd, Mt Airy, NC 27030, USA

Architectural styles
  
Georgian architecture, Federal architecture

Similar
  
Gertrude Smith House, Horne Creek Living His, Mt Airy Museum of Regional, Great Smoky Mountains, Great Smoky Mountain

The Edwards-Franklin House, also known as the Bernard Franklin House, is a historic house located in Franklin Township in Surry County, North Carolina. It was built in 1799 by Gideon Edwards and was later occupied by congressional representative Meshack Franklin, brother of North Carolina governor Jesse Franklin (1820-1821). The house was restored by the Surry County Historical Society in 1973 and is open to visitors.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

References

Edwards-Franklin House Wikipedia