Bower-Cox House

{{short description|Historic house in North Carolina, United States}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Bower-Cox House

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| image = Bowers-Cox House.jpg

| caption =

| location = SW of Scottville on SR 1595,
near Scottville, North Carolina

| coordinates = {{coord|36|26|43|N|81|21|52|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = North Carolina#USA

| area = {{convert|8|acre}}

| built = c. {{Start date|1820}}

| architect = George Bower

| architecture = Late Victorian, Federal, Late Federal

| added = November 7, 1976

| refnum = 76001303{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

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Bower-Cox House is a historic house located on SR 1595 southwest of Scottville, Ashe County, North Carolina. It is locally significant for its association with its builder and owners.

Description and history

The original section was built about 1820, and is a two-story, Late Federal style block with a one-story shed-roof porch. A Late Victorian addition, now regarded as the "front" of the house, is a two-story frame block with a one-story shed-roof porch on one side and a two-story porch on the opposite.{{Cite web |author1=Davyd Foard Hood |author2=Michael T. Southern |author3=Joe A. Mobley |name-list-style=amp | title = Bower-Cox House| work = National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory | date = June 1976| url = https://files.nc.gov/ncdcr/nr/AH0003.pdf | format = pdf | publisher = North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office | accessdate = 2014-08-01}}

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 7, 1976.

References

Category:Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina

Category:Federal architecture in North Carolina

Category:Victorian architecture in North Carolina

Category:Houses completed in 1820

Category:Houses in Ashe County, North Carolina

Category:National Register of Historic Places in Ashe County, North Carolina