Cedar Dell, also known as Kennedy Memorial Home, is a historic plantation house located near Falling Creek, Lenoir County, North Carolina. It was originally constructed about 1820 as a two-story, three-bay, Federal style brick dwelling with a side-hall plan. It was enlarged to five bays wide and converted to a Victorian Gothic central hall plan mansion. The front facade features a one-story

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-style porch with a low roof topped by a wrought iron balustrade and the rear facade has a two-tier porch. Also on the front facade is a large bay window with a roof identical to that on the porch. The house and property were deeded for use as an orphanage in 1912. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. It is located in the

Kennedy Memorial Home Historic District Kennedy Memorial Home Historic District, also known as Cedar Dell, is a historic farm and national historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for hist ...

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Federal architecture in North Carolina Gothic Revival architecture in North Carolina Houses completed in 1820 Houses in Lenoir County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Lenoir County, North Carolina Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in North Carolina {{LenoirCountyNC-NRHP-stub