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The Cupola House ~ |
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________________ @_______________@ _________//.............................\\_________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Cupola House A National Historic Landmark ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _________................................._________ \\______________// @_______________@ |
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Built by a colonial agent in 1758, the Cupola House is considered by experts
to be North Carolina's most significant early dwelling. The best example of an existing wooden house in the Jacobean
tradition in the South. The rare Jacobean features are the large chimneys, decorative finials, and second story overhang.
Francis Corbin, land agent for Lords Proprietor Lord Granville, may have added the Georgian interior woodwork. Samuel Dickinson acquired the property in 1777 and his descendants owned it until 1918. In 1918 part of the elaborate Georgian woodwork on the 1st floor was sold to The Brooklyn Museum of Fine Arts, but was later faithfully reproduced.
The vegetable garden at the back and the formal garden in front have been restored with the Sauthier map of 1769 as a guide. |
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