Allen-Mangum House

Allen-Mangum House is a historic plantation house and national historic district located near Grissom, Granville County, North Carolina.

Allen-Mangum House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
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Location	NC 1700, near Grissom, North Carolina
Coordinates	36°6′20″N 78°37′2″W
Area	3.5 acres (1.4 ha)
Built	1848 (1848), c. 1880
Architectural style	Greek Revival, Italianate, Gothic Revival
MPS	Granville County MPS
NRHP reference No.	88000410[1]
Added to NRHP	April 28, 1988

Built as the main residence of a plantation, the house includes a rear block was built about 1848 and a front block added about 1880. It is a two-story frame dwelling with Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, and Italianate style design elements. It has an I-house form and a two-story rear ell. It features a front porch with an exceptionally intricate, cutout screen of woodwork draped between the tops of square bracketed posts. Also on the property is the contributing family cemetery.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Marvin A. Brown and Patricia Esperon (August 1987). "Allen-Mangum House" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved November 1, 2014.