Amis-Bragg House, Historic residence in Jackson, North Carolina.
The Amis-Bragg House is a two-story, five-bay, single-pile frame house in Jackson, North Carolina, built about 1840 in Greek Revival style. It has a hipped roof, interior end chimneys, a two-story ell and a one-story kitchen wing.
The house was built in the 1840s and is recorded on the register of historic places. Thomas Bragg Jr., a prominent political figure who served as governor and later as a US Senator, owned and occupied the residence during 1843 to 1855.
The house is named for the Amis family, who built it around 1840, and for Thomas Bragg Jr., who bought it in 1843. Bragg lived here until 1855, the year before he began his term as North Carolina governor; he later represented the state in the United States Senate.
The house stands in Jackson, Northampton County, North Carolina, near the coordinates 36.39140, -77.42060. It is a private residence rather than a museum, so the structure is best viewed from the public road; the grounds and interior are not open to visitors.
Thomas Bragg Jr. bought the house in 1843 and lived there until 1855, before serving as North Carolina governor and later as a U.S. Senator. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.
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