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Properties

.Josey Brothers Building

Josey Brothers Building

1025 Main Street

1930

1

One story brick commercial-style building with stuccoed facade and inset panels. Presently serves as the Town Hardware.

E. T. Whitehead Drug Store

E. T. Whitehead Drug Store

1004 Main Street

1843

2

Two-story brick Commercial-style building,three bays wide with parapet facade, decorative brickwork and metal cornice. Built to be a pharmacy and has remained a pharmacy since construction. Operating today by McDowell's Pharmacy.

Biggs Building Annex

Biggs Building Annex

1002 Main Street

1909-1930

3

From 1903 until early 1920s, this building served as the clothing and grocery departments for Burroughs-Pittman-Wheeler, a general mercantile firm located in adjacent Biggs Building; the second floor was added after 1930.

Biggs Building

Biggs Building

1000 Main Street

1903

4

Three-story brick Neoclassical Revival-style building; raised from two to three stories and remodeled in 1903; garlands bracketing medallions carry through; a former clothing and grocery store, dry goods and furniture sold on first two floors, with a funeral parlor occuping the third story.

Scotland Neck Bank

Scotland Neck Bank

927 (931) Main Street

1914

5

Two-story pressed brick Neoclassical-Revival-style building; northwest- facing corner entrance elevation; originally divided into three sections: printing plant in South portion; professional offices in rear portion; remainder occupied by the bank; building erected in 1914 for the Scotland Neck Bank by contractors Peyton Keel and R J Mauney; bank orginized in 1891 as Halifax County's first banking instution; operated in Scotland Neck Hotel until the construction of this building; A McDowell, Gerson Hoffman And Frank P. Shields founded the bank; merged with Planters and Commercial in 1927; then N.C. Bank and Trust followed by the Bank of Halifax in 1930, remaining on the cornerbuilding until 1969 when BB&T purchased the Bank of Halifax.

Commercial Building (923-925)

Commercial building

923-925 Main Street

1895

6

Two-story brick Commercial-style building, four bays wide, radiating bands of soldiers and header bricks surmont windows;building has had numerous occupants during its history; Scotland Neck Post Office located in middle section from 1896 through 1913.

Commercial Building (924)

Commercial building

924 Main Street

1910

7

One-story brick commercial style building, modern aluminum and glass shop front, corrugrated metal covers upper part of facade, flat metal canopy.

Commercial Building (914-918)

Commercial Building

914-918 Main Street

1906-1013

8

1906 - Two story, three-unit brick commercial building, second floors divided into 6 bays. Second floor windows with rows of panel ??, Modernized shop front with doors flanked by plate-glass windows. Occupied by J. W. Madry Dept Store in 1908. Other businesses included a grocery store and Hall's Drug Store.

Commercial Building (910-912)

Commercial building

914-918 Main Street

1906-1013

9

1906 - Two story, three-unit brick commercial building, second floors divided into 6 bays. Second floor windows with rows of panel ??, Modernized shop front with doors flanked by plate-glass windows. Occupied by J. W. Madry Dept Store in 1908. Other businesses included a grocery store and Hall's Drug Store.

Commercial Building Gas Station

Commercial Building Gas Station

903-905 Main

1954

10

A midcentury modern service station

11 Commercial Building

Commercial Building

900 Main Street

1900

11

Former Alexander's grocery store, barbecue restaurant and currently houses La Casetta Italian restaurant

Tyler B. Wheeler House

Tyler B. Wheeler House

808 Church Street

1907

11

Neo-classical remodeling of a Queen Anne-style house. Built for Tyler Wheeler, CEO of Burroughs, Pittman and Wheeler, general mercantile firm. He also served as operator of a cotton gin and fertilizer manufacturing plant. He died in 1960

Savage House

Savage House

809 Church Street

1900

12

one and one-half floors Carpenter-Gothic cottage with weatherboard siding; projecting window and front gable room above porch; steeply-pitched, side- gable, tin shingle roof with diagnonal-cut-out gable bargeboards; moved to it's current location in mid-1920s by CS and Mattie J Alexander.

Noah Biggs House

Noah Biggs House

814 Church Street

1860-1888

13

Two-and-one-half story frame Queen Anne-style house; Large gable dormer with Palladian-influenced windows and dentil cornice; decorative porch elements. Built for James O. Camp, a local farmer and acquired by Noah Biggs in 1872. Biggs, a Civil War veteran was one of the founders of the Scotland Neck Cotton Mill in 1889. Need more house details

Hancock-Blackwell House

Hancock-Blackwell House

815 Church Street

1925

14

One-and-one-half-story frame Queen Anne/Colonial Revival-style house with projecting bays withpedimented gables on facade and both side elevations. Built for R.E. Hancock and purchased in 1926 by R.P. Blackwell. founder of S.N. Ice Company.

The W. H. McDowell House

The W. H. McDowell House

900 Church Street

1920

15

A prairie-style kit house. Built for W. H. McDowell, one of the founders of the Roanoke Hosiery Company and an incorporator of the Halifax County Hosiery Mills. Need history of these companies and more about the house.

The Methodist Church Education Building and Fellowship Hall

Methodist Church Education Bldg

108 W 9th Street/Church Street

1940

16

Three-story, brick Gothic-style building with projecting entrance, large stained oak doors;

W. O. McDowell House

W. O. McDowell House

904 Church street

1879

17

This two-story Italinate-style, triple-bay home was built for Dr. W. O. McDowell, a physician in Scotland Neck from 1876 where he lived until his death from typhoid in 1900.

The Burroughs House

The Burroughs House

906 Church Street

1902

18

Queen Anne-style home built for C. F. Burroughs, a partner in the Burroughs-Pittman-Wheeler Company located on Main Street

The Bryan House

The Bryan House

908 Church Street

1940

20

Two-story frame and brick New England Colonial Revival-style house; Colonial Revival-style door surround with fluted pilasters and entabulature south-side, exterior-end, double-shoulder chimney. Includes a brick two-car, also built in 1941.

First Baptist Church Parsonage

First Baptist Church

SE corner Church and W 11th Streets

1917

21

Clark-Lawrence-Edwards House

Clark-Lawrence-Edwards House

1002 Church Street

1850/1917

22

Two and one-half story framed Colonial-Revival style house with a central gable dorner on front. Built for William R. Clark and purchased in late 1860s by James H. Lawrence, farmer and insurance agent. Acquired in 1912 by J. B. Edwards who extensively remodeled the house.

First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church

111 W. 10th St/Church St

1926

23

American foursquare, central entrance with side lights and beveled glass, wrap-around porch supported by full height brick piers; porch continues on east side as a two-car porte cochere.

Hoffman-Bowers-Josey-Riddick House

Hoffman-Bowers-Josey-Riddick House

1103 Church Street

1883

24

Two-and one-half-story frame Victorian eclectic house with Eastlake-and- Stick-style details. Double-leaf doors with glass side lights, each door has four recessed panels with an etched-glass transom. It was built for Max Hoffman, sold in 1901 James Shepherd Bowes, Sec/Tres of the S. N. Cotton Mills. Sold again in 1915 to Mary C. and William Henry Josey, who operated an insurance company from the rear of the house. Inherited by their daughter, Louise Josey Riddick. Her husband, Neusom Allsbrook Riddick, founded N.A, Riddick Motor Car Co.

N. B. Josey House

N. B. Josey House

1104 Church Street

1882

26

Two-story frame Italianate-influenced house with Queen Anne accents and decorative slate roof. It has an attached one-room structure with parapet, said to have been a law office moved to the site.

Stern-Lewis House

Stern-Lewis House

1107 Church Street

1900

27

Two -story frame Victorian Eclectic house with German siding. Built for a German saloon keeper, later in 1914 sold to Mattie Lewis and then inhereted by her daughter, Fannie Lewis, who taught music in public school for many years.

W. L. Harrell House

W. L. Harrell House

1113 Church Street

28

1920

12

Two-story brick American foursquare house; boxed and paneled porch post bases with turned columns and stained-glass windows; side hall entrance; glazed door with crossette-pattern side lights; porch extends on north side to include a porte-cochere; built for W.L. Harrell, Scotland Neck native and local businessman.

The Liverman House

The Liverman House

1210 Church Street

1902

30

Two and half story frame Colonial Revival-style house. Built for A.C. Livermon, a dentist from Bertie County in 1890. Bought in 1970 by Jennie Delagrange who donated it to Sylvan Heights Bird Park in 2018 to house interns and employees of the park. chimney and 3rd floor description

The C. T. Lawrence House

The C. T. Lawrence House

1213 Church Street

1900

31

Two-story frame Victorian house with Queen Anne decorative elements; wrap around porch with slender turned posts.; rear one-story addition; Charles T. Lawrence, local merchant rebuilt an earlier house by John Boyette by adding a second story and Victorian trim. At the time of this printing it is currently being renovated.

Former Baptist Parsonage_The Clark House

Former Baptist Parsonage_The Clark House

1308 Church Street

1911

32

Two-story frame Colonial Revival-style house with one-story wing across the back. Beveled glass transoms; wrap around porch supported by groups of Tuscan columns; built by Scotland Neck Baptist Church to act as the Baptist parsonage; bought in 1926 by H. T, Clark (1888-1976), secretary-treasurer of Home Building and Loan Association, and investor in S N Hotel and in the Hosiery Mills.

Scotland Neck High School Agriculture Building and Gymnasium

Scotland Neck High School Agriculture Building and Gymnasium

1308 Church Street

1940

33

Two-story frame Colonial Revival-style house with one-story wing across the back. Beveled glass transoms; wrap around porch supported by groups of Tuscan columns; built by Scotland Neck Baptist Church to act as the Baptist parsonage; bought in 1926 by H. T, Clark (1888-1976), secretary-treasurer of Home Building and Loan Association, and investor in S N Hotel and in the Hosiery Mills.

The McDowell House

McDowell House

1408 Church Street

1900

35

One-story frame tradition house with wrap-around porch with decorative balustrade and square posts.

The Cross House

Cross House

1407 Church Street

1900

34

One story stuccoed brick minimal traditional house. Originally owned by the Halifax County Board of Education and housed the Principals of Scotland Neck Schools and their families.

The Dunn Smith House

Dunn-Smith house

1502 Church Street

1907

36

One-story frame Queen-Anne-influenced house, high hipped roof, half- glazed central door with molded panels, side light and transom. Built by S.A, and R,C, Dunn. Purchased by C. H, Smith in 1936.

The J. L. Dunn House

J. L. Dunn House

1511 Church Street

1930

37

Two-story frame Colonial Revival house, central door with painted-over fanlight, north-side has a one-story additionand a one-story wing on the rear. The home was built for J.L. Dunn in 1930

The Allmond-Perry House

The Allmond-Perry House

1512 Church Street

1950

38

Two-story frame Colonial Revival-style house.Central door with Colonial- Revival-style door surrounded with channeled pilasters and a swan's neck pediment.

The Julian A. Pittman House

Julian A. Pittman House

1515 Church Street

1924

39

Two-and-one-half-story frame Craftsman/Colonial Revival-style house. Porch extends on south side as a porte cochere; rear one-story ell. Built for merchant Julian A. Pittman.

The Elks House

Elks House

1516 Church St

1922

40

One-and-one-half-story brick Cape Cod house, one story wings, rear cinderblock one-car garage and carport attached to house by breezeway.

The Clark House

Clark House

1600 Church St

1939

41

One-story brick traditional house; side-gable shingled roof, south-side open porch extending along front to include entrance.

The Alexander House

The Alexander House

1604 Church Street

1922

42

One-story frame bungalow kit house; large tapered masonry column bases; steeply-pitched, side-gable, shingle roof with decorative supporting brackets.

The Madry House

The Madry House

1609 Church

1925

43

Two-story frame Tudor Revival-influenced house; gable-front entrance portico supported by classical wood posts; central chimney.

The White House

White House

1608 Church

1944

44

One-and-one-half-story brick bungalow/minimal traditional house; south-side sun porch;rear shed wing;south-side, interior-end chimney.

The Fenner Shields Lamb House

The Fenner Shields Lamb House

1612 Church St

1827

45

Two-story frame Federal-style house. original 2nd floor windows with molded sills and 3-part surrounds; late 19th centry windows installed on porch; Earliest history unknown. In the mid 1800's it was used as a hotel operated by William Fenner, then sold in 1875 to William H Shields. Later inherited by his daughter, Olivia Shields Lamb and employed as a boarding house during the 1920's & 30's. Lamb moved the house about 50 feet west to it current location. It is prehaps the oldest dwelling in Scotland Neck.

Coughenour-Hoffman-Smith House

Coughenour-Hoffman-Smith House

907 Church Street

1898

19

One-story Queen Anne homewith Colonial Revival pair porch posts. Built on speculation by G. W. Coughenour, a PA native and lumberman; purchased in1899 by Gerson Hoffman and later sold in 1910 to Dr. Oscar F. Smith. Later used as a nursing home.

The Johnson-Dickens House

Johnson-Dickens House

1516 Main Street

1926

46

One-story tradition house with brick veneer; side-gable shingle roof; gable- roof entrance portico with round-arched opening topped by two courses of soldier bricks, built for Percy Johnson; purchased in 1930 by Wade H. Dickens, local incorporator of Scotland Neck Ice Company.

A. Paul Kitchin House

A. Paul Kitchin

1512 Main St

1917

47

Two-story, double-pile, brick Colonial Revival-style house; south-side porte cochere enclosed with a garage on the lower level and sun room above;rear one-story ell; built for A. Paul Kitchin. attorney and politician.

The Gilliam-Pritchard-Leggett House

Gilliam-Pritchard-Leggett

1508 Main St

1860

48

Two-story, single-pile, frame house with Italianate-and Queen-Anne-style details; two-story rear wing across the back; one-storyrear ell projects from wing; tow interior rear chimneys; documented history beginns with Henry Gilliam who purchased the house in 1863. Changed many times through out time. In 1907 bought by James Wilson and Margaret Leggett who did a major remodel in 1930.

The Edwards-Hancock-Moore House

The Edwards-Hancock-Moore House

1501 Main St

1893

49

One-story frame Queen-Anne style house with vinyl siding; clipped-gable roof; eyebrow attic vent; gabled ends sheathed with diamond-pattern wood shingles; full-width front porch supported by chamfered posts with open brackets; rear ell with attached porch;built for John B. Edwards, sold in 1904 to farmer H. T. Hancock.

The Moore House

The Moore House

1502 Main St

1925

49

Two-story, brick Craftsman/Colonial Revival house; wrap-around front porch with exposed rafters; built for O.J. Moore, one time railroad agent and later cashier of the Planters and Commercial Bank.

The Hancock-Walter House

Hancock-Walter

1415 Main St

1905

50

Two-story frame I-house with Colonial Revival, Queen Anne and Craftsman details on interior; side-gable roof; central cross gable; two-story rear shed wing; one-story rear ell, rear one-story screen porch; three-bay facade, central door with side lights and transom; two-over-tow sash windows; full- width front porch with central cross gable supported by Tuscan columns; turned balustrades; south-side exterior-end chimney; interior chimney; built for farmer Walter M. Hancock.

Perry-Josey

Perry-Josey

1410 Main St

1880/1920

51

One story brick commercial-style building with stuccoed facade and inset panels. Presently serves as the Town Hardware.

The Hoffman-Gerson House

The Hoffman-Gerson House

1403 Main Street

1911

52

Two-story, double-pile, frame Neo-Classical Revival-style house; gable dormer with arched window; glazed door surrounded by side lights and an elliptical fanlight; leaded windows; portico supported by four Corinthian columns; several small second-story additions on south and rear; house built for Gerson Hoffman from Germany who operated a large dry goods business with his brother, Max; also owned a cotton gin and a peanut brokerage.

The W. F. Butterworth House

W. F. Butterworth House

1309 Main Street

1900/1920

53A

One-story frame dwelling with side-gable roof, exposed rafters; central gable dormer with a double one-over-one sash window; three-bay facade with shallow, south-side, gable-front wing; square bay window on gable-front wing with paired two-over-two sash windows; north-side semi-hexagonal, bay window; paneled pilasters on corners of bay windows; broad, shallow bay on south evevation; double-leaf entrance door with a two-light transom enframed by a paneled surround with bossed corner blocks; two-bay porch with spindle frieze, brackets with cut-out panels; two interior chimneys. Built for W. F. Butterworth, magistrate of Scotland Neck Township and a farmer, house was expanded and remodeled in the 1920s and later converted to apartments.

Trinity Episcopal Church

Trinity Episcopal Church

1305 Main Street

1925

54

Brick Tudor-style church; gable-front main block with gabled wings; three- stage corner entrance and bell tower; Art Deco-influenced stained-glass Gothic-inspired altar railwindows; windows set in Tudor Arch openings topped by heavy header-brick label molds; interior has white plaster walls and dark arched, beaded tongue-and-grove ceiling; Gothic-inspired altar rail; church built after 1924 after fire destroyed an earlier church on this site in 1886. Tudor-styleParish House attached to the north by a breezeway.

Commercial Building

Commercial Building

1201-1211 Main Street

1905

59

one-story building, multi-unit, Italianate-style building, cornice embellished with brick corbel table; Mutts Funeral Home (1922) long-time occupant; currently Jones' Barber Shop

One-Story House

One-Story House

1225 Main Street

1930

55

one-story frame house, vinyl siding; side gable shingle roof

One-Story Frame Bungalow

One-Story Frame Bungalow

1215 Main Street

1950

56

one-story ranch, side gable shingle roof with projecting cross gable.

One-Story Ranch House

One-Story Ranch House

One-Story Ranch House

1900

58

One-Story Ranch House

Commercial Building

Commercial Building

1201-1211 Main Street

1905

one-story building, multi-unit, Italianate-style building, cornice embellished with brick corbel table; Mutts Funeral Home (1922) long-time occupant; currently Jones' Barber Shop

The Kitchin-Hoffman Building

The Kitchin-Hoffman Building

1113 Main Street

1912

60

two-story brick Italinate-style building; early history unclear; deed suggests it was standing by 1912 when it was known as the 'mayor's office building'; meeting room above

The Kitchin-Moore Commercial Block

Kitchen-Moore Commercial Building

1111-1103 Main Street

1910/1915

61

Two-story tan brick Commercial-style building constructed in two phases; south section was built C.1910 for local attorney, A. Paul Kitchin; northern section was built C. 1915 for O.J. Moore, cashier of the Planters Commercial Bank;The post office was in the southermost unit for many years; North End Drugstore occupied the unit adjoining to the north.

Hoffman-Smith House

Coughenour-Hoffman-Smith House

907 Church Street

1898

One-story Queen Anne homewith Colonial Revival pair porch posts. Built on speculation by G. W. Coughenour, a PA native and lumberman; purchased in1899 by Gerson Hoffman and later sold in 1910 to Dr. Oscar F. Smith. Later used as a nursing home

Commercial Building.

Commercial Building

SE corner Church and W 11th Streets

1920

62

Two-story brick-Commercial-style building; two triple 2nd story windows; corbelled brick cornice; occupied by the Boyette-Shields general merchandise store in the 1920's; Scotland Neck Furniture Company occupied the building for many years.

Commercial Building..

Commercial Building

1102-1100 Main Street

1920

63

One-story brick Commercial-style building; two store units; two recessed double-leaf glass doors each flanked by plate-glass display windows; full- width aluminum awning.

Noah Biggs House

814 Church Street

1860-1888

Two-and-one-half story frame Queen Anne-style house ; high-hipped roof with pedimented two-story large gable dormer with Palladian-influenced windows and dentil cornice;, bracketed by smaller hipped-roof dormers; decorative windows with large diamond panes surrounded by colored glass panes; elaborately ornamented porch.. Built for James O. Camp, a local farmer and acquired by Noah Biggs in 1872. Biggs, a Civil War veteran was one of the founders of the Scotland Neck Cotton Mill in 1889.

Biggs Building Annex

1002 Main Street

1909-1930

From 1903 until early 1920s, this building served as the clothing and grocery departments for Burroughs-Pittman-Wheeler, a general mercantile firm located in adjacent Biggs Building; the second floor was added after 1930.

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Biggs Building Annex

1002 Main Street

1909-1930

From 1903 until early 1920s, this building served as the clothing and grocery departments for Burroughs-Pittman-Wheeler, a general mercantile firm located in adjacent Biggs Building; the second floor was added after 1930.

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The Bryan House

908 Church Street

1940

"Two-story frame and brick New England Colonial Revival-style house; Colonial Revival-style door surround with fluted pilasters and entabulature south-side, exterior-end, double-shoulder chimney. Includes a brick two-car, added later."

Jesse Shearin

1609 Church

1925

Two-story frame Tudor Revival-influenced house; gable-front entrance portico supported by classical wood posts; central chimney.

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Johnson-Dickens House

1516 Main Street

1926

One-story tradition house with brick veneer; side-gable shingle roof; gable-roof entrance portico with round-arched opening topped by two courses of soldier bricks, built for Percy Johnson; purchased in 1930 by Wade H. Dickens, local incorporator of Scotland Neck Ice Company.

A. Paul Kitchin

1512 Main St

1917

Two-story, double-pile, brick Colonial Revival-style house; south-side porte cochere enclosed with a garage on the lower level and sun room above;rear one-story ell; built for A. Paul Kitchin. attorney and politician.

The Moore House

1502 Main St

1925

Two-story, brick Craftsman/Colonial Revival house; wrap-around front porch with exposed rafters; built for O.J. Moore, one time railroad agent and later cashier of the Planters and Commercial Bank.

Hoffman-Gerson House

1403 Main Street

1911

Two-story, double-pile, frame Neo-Classical Revival-style house; gable dormer with arched window; glazed door surrounded by side lights and an elliptical fanlight; leaded windows; portico supported by four Corinthian columns; several small second-story additions on south and rear; house built for Gerson Hoffman from Germany who operated a large dry goods business with his brother, Max; also owned a cotton gin and a peanut brokerage.

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Commercial Building

1201-1211 Main Street

1905

one-story building, multi-unit, Italianate-style building, cornice embellished with brick corbel table; Mutts Funeral Home (1922) long-time occupant; currently Jones' Barber Shop

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