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Rosefield (Windsor, North Carolina)

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Architect
  
Gilbert Leigh

Area
  
31 ha

NRHP Reference #
  
82003434

Added to NRHP
  
26 August 1982

Rosefield (Windsor, North Carolina)

Location
  
212 W. Gray St., Windsor, North Carolina

Built
  
c. 1786 (1786)-1791, 1855

Architectural style
  
Federal, Georgian, Greek Revival

Rosefield is a historic plantation house located at Windsor, Bertie County, North Carolina. It was built in three sections, with the oldest built about 1786-1791. It is a two-story, five bay, "L"-plan frame dwelling with Georgian, Federal, and Greek Revival style design elements. It has a two-story, two-bay addition and a two-story rear addition built in 1855. It features a hip roof front porch. Also on the property are the contributing small frame outbuilding, office, dairy, and family cemetery.

The house was named for the fact a bed of wild roses grew at the original site.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

References

Rosefield (Windsor, North Carolina) Wikipedia