Person Place, Historic house in North Carolina, US.
Person Place, also known as the Prudence Person House, is a historic home in Louisburg, Franklin County, North Carolina. It consists of a large two-story, three-bay Federal-style main block built about 1789, with a 1+1⁄2-story, three-bay Georgian wing. The front facade has a small three-bay pedimented porch supported by four wooden Doric columns, and two brick chimneys with concave shoulders.
The main block of Person Place was built about 1789 in the Federal style, with a 1+1⁄2-story Georgian wing. The house, also known as the Prudence Person House, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.
The house is also called Prudence Person House, after the Person family whose name it carries. Its Federal main block and Georgian wing show two building traditions side by side, and the four wooden Doric columns of the pedimented porch are a detail a visitor can pick out from the street.
Person Place stands at 603 North Main Street in Louisburg, Franklin County, not in Person County. It is a private residence, so visitors see the Federal facade and Doric porch from the street; ask locally before expecting interior access.
The house is also called Prudence Person House, after the Person family whose name it carries. Its two brick chimneys have concave shoulders, a shaped detail at the top of the stack that visitors can pick out against the roofline. The property was listed on the National Register in 1972.
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