Bartlett Yancey House is a historic home located in

Yanceyville Yanceyville is a town in and the county seat of Caswell County, North Carolina, United States. Located in the Piedmont Triad region of the state, the town had a population of 1,937 at the 2020 census. The settlement was founded in 1792 and was l ...

Caswell County, North Carolina Caswell County is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is located in the Piedmont Triad region of the state. At the 2020 census, the population was 22,736. Its county seat is Yanceyville. Partially bordering the state of Virginia, ...

. It consists of a two-story L-shaped

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block added to the front of the original

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house in 1856. The original section was built around 1810. It features a Victorian overlay of front and side porches added late 19th century. Also on the property are the original

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, a Federal period law office, several log tobacco barns, and the Yancey family graveyard. It was the home of Congressman

Bartlett Yancey Bartlett Yancey (February 19, 1785 - August 30, 1828) was a Democratic-Republican U.S. congressman from North Carolina, United States, between 1813 and 1817. Born near Yanceyville, North Carolina, Yancey attended Hyco Academy in Caswell Cou ...

(1785-1828). It was added to the

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in 1973.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Federal architecture in North Carolina Greek Revival houses in North Carolina Houses completed in 1856 Houses in Caswell County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Caswell County, North Carolina {{CaswellCountyNC-NRHP-stub