Riddick House (Como, North Carolina)

Coordinates: 36°31′46″N 76°56′25″W / 36.52944°N 76.94028°W / 36.52944; -76.94028
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Riddick House
Riddick House (Como, North Carolina) is located in North Carolina
Riddick House (Como, North Carolina)
Riddick House (Como, North Carolina) is located in the United States
Riddick House (Como, North Carolina)
Location1 mile (1.6 km) south of the junction of SR 1319 and 1322, near Como, North Carolina
Coordinates36°31′46″N 76°56′25″W / 36.52944°N 76.94028°W / 36.52944; -76.94028
Area0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Builtc. 1825 (1825)
ArchitectAbram Riddick
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Federal, Vernacular Federal
NRHP reference No.71000589[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 18, 1971

Riddick House is a historic plantation house located near Como, Hertford County, North Carolina. It is dated to about 1795, and is a three-story, five-bay, L-shaped Federal style frame dwelling with a two-story Greek Revival style rear addition. It is sheathed in weatherboard, sits on a brick foundation, and has two double-shouldered brick chimneys on each gable end.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ John B Wells and Sherry I. Penney (October 1970). "Riddick House" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-01-01.