Athol, also known as Benbury Hall and Joshua Skinner House, is a historic
plantation house located near
Edenton
Edenton is a town in, and the county seat of, Chowan County, North Carolina, United States, on Albemarle Sound. The population was 4,397 at the 2020 census. Edenton is located in North Carolina's Inner Banks region. In recent years Edenton has b ...
,
Chowan County, North Carolina. It was built about 1857, and is a -story, five bay, "T"-shaped
Greek Revival style frame dwelling. The rear section of the house features two-tier porches on either side. The front facade features a full-length two-tiered porch supported by Roman
Ionic order
The Ionic order is one of the three canonic orders of classical architecture, the other two being the Doric and the Corinthian. There are two lesser orders: the Tuscan (a plainer Doric), and the rich variant of Corinthian called the composite or ...
columns.
It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
[
]
See also
*
*
References
External links
*
Historic American Buildings Survey in North Carolina
Plantation houses in North Carolina
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
Greek Revival houses in North Carolina
Houses completed in 1845
Houses in Chowan County, North Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Chowan County, North Carolina
{{ChowanCountyNC-NRHP-stub