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Ruffin Roulhac House

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Built
  
1820 (1820)

Opened
  
1820

Added to NRHP
  
5 August 1971

NRHP Reference #
  
71000612

Area
  
2 ha

Ruffin-Roulhac House

Location
  
Churton and Orange Sts., Hillsborough, North Carolina

Architectural style
  
Greek Revival, Federal, Transitional

Ruffin-Roulhac House, also known as Little Hawfields, is a historic home located at Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina. It was built about 1820, and is a 1 1/2-story, five bay, frame dwelling including a two room addition built about 1830. It is topped by a gable roof, is sheathed in weatherboard, and has a one-bay 20th century replacement porch. The interior has Federal, Greek Revival, and Victorian style design elements. It was the home of jurist Thomas Ruffin (1787–1870) from after the end of the American Civil War until his death in 1870.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. It is located in the Hillsborough Historic District.

References

Ruffin-Roulhac House Wikipedia