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Wynne's Folly

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Built
  
1848 (1848)

Opened
  
1848

Added to NRHP
  
6 December 1977

NRHP Reference #
  
77001002

Area
  
2 ha

Wynne's Folly

Location
  
W of Engelhard on U.S. 264, Engelhard, North Carolina

Architectural style
  
Greek Revival, Vernacular Greek Revival

Wynne's Folly, also known as the Clarke House, is a historic plantation house located near Engelhard, Hyde County, North Carolina. It was built about 1848, and is two-story, five bay by five bay, vernacular Greek Revival style frame dwelling. It sits on a low brick pier foundation, shallow pyramidal roof pierced by pairs of interior end chimneys, and a wide frieze and overhanging cornice.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.

References

Wynne's Folly Wikipedia


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