Old Brick House

Historic home from 1750 in Elizabeth City, Pasquotank County, North Carolina
United States historic place
Old Brick House
Brick House, HABS Photo, July 1940
36°20′0″N 76°13′16″W / 36.33333°N 76.22111°W / 36.33333; -76.22111
Area1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Builtc. 1750 (1750)
Built byMurden, Robert
NRHP reference No.72000983[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 16, 1972

Old Brick House is a historic home located at Elizabeth City, Pasquotank County, North Carolina. It was built about 1750, and is a 1+1⁄2-story frame dwelling with brick gable ends. It sits on a raised brick basement, has a gable roof with dormers, and two interior end chimneys with molded caps. The interior features a richly carved mantel with an elaborate broken ogee pediment. It is one of the few brick-end buildings in the state.[2] It is a member of the small group of 18th century frame houses with brick ends in northeast North Carolina; the group includes the Sutton-Newby House and the Myers-White House.

Local legend held that the house was built and first occupied by the pirate Blackbeard, though in reality he had been dead since 1718.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b John B. Wells, III (November 1971). "Old Brick House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.

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