Person's Ordinary


Person's Ordinary
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	SR 1001, Littleton, North Carolina
Coordinates	36°25′52″N 77°54′54″W / 36.43111°N 77.91500°W / 36.43111; -77.91500Coordinates: 36°25′52″N 77°54′54″W / 36.43111°N 77.91500°W / 36.43111; -77.91500
Area	less than one acre
Architectural style	vernacular
NRHP Reference #	73001379^[1]
Added to NRHP	April 24, 1973

Person's Ordinary is a historic inn and tavern located at Littleton, Halifax County, North Carolina. It dates to the mid- to late-18th century, and is a 1 1/2-story frame dwelling, three bays wide and two deep, with a massive exterior stone chimney at each end. It rests on a stone cellar, and has a modified Quaker plan. The building housed an inn and tavern for stagecoach travelers into the 1830s and is associated with Thomas Person, one of the state's most important political leaders from 1760 to 1790.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Survey and Planning Unit Staff (January 1973). "Person's Ordinary" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-01-01.

External links

A History of Littleton, North Carolina

U.S. National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina

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