Belvidere | |
 Exum Newby House, HABS Photo, July 1940 | |
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| Location | NC 37, W of Perquimans River, Belvidere, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 36°16′8″N 76°32′48″W / 36.26889°N 76.54667°W |
| Area | 9 acres (3.6 ha) |
| Built | c. 1767 |
| Built by | Newby, Thomas |
| Architectural style | Georgian |
| NRHP reference No. | 77001008[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 2, 1977 |
Belvidere, also known as the Exum Newby House and Lamb House, is a historic plantation house located at Belvidere, Perquimans County, North Carolina. It was built about 1767, and is a 1+1⁄2-story, five-bay, frame dwelling with an unusual hip on gambrel roof. The Georgian style dwelling is sheathed in weatherboard and rests on a brick pier foundation. In the mid-1970s, Belvidere was sold to radio personality Wolfman Jack.[2]
The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.[1]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Carl Lounsbury and Raymond A. Winslow, Jr. (January 1976). "Belvidere" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.