Samuel Cox House

The Samuel Cox House is a historic house located near Scottville, Ashe County, North Carolina. It is a "T"-plan dwelling consisting of a two-story log, gable roof, main section built in the mid-19th century, with a later one-story frame ell and frame addition on the east side of the ell. The log section was covered with weatherboards about 1880. The front facade features a one-story, full-width shed-roof porch.[2]

Not to be confused with Rich Hill in Bel Alton, Maryland, home of the Samuel Cox who helped John Wilkes Booth and David Herold hide after assassinating U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
Samuel Cox House
LocationSW of Scottville off U.S. 221 on SR 1636,
near Scottville, North Carolina
Coordinates36°28′28″N 81°18′51″W
Area5 acres (2.0 ha)
Architectural styleLog construction
NRHP reference No.76001304[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 7, 1976

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 7, 1976.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Davyd Foard Hood and Joe A. Mobley (n.d.). "Samuel Cox House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.


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