The Dred and Ellen Yelverton House is a historic home located near Fremont,

Wayne County, North Carolina Wayne County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 117,333. Its county seat is Goldsboro and it is home to Seymour Johnson Air Force Base. Wayne County comprises the Goldsboro, NC ...

. It was designed by architect

George Franklin Barber George Franklin Barber (July 31, 1854 – February 17, 1915) was an American architect known for the house designs he marketed worldwide through mail-order catalogs. Barber was one of the most successful residential architects of the late Vi ...

, is one of the most intact Barber houses in North Carolina. It was built about 1913, and is a two-story, weatherboarded frame dwelling with elements of Queen Anne and

Colonial Revival The Colonial Revival architectural style seeks to revive elements of American colonial architecture. The beginnings of the Colonial Revival style are often attributed to the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, which reawakened Americans to the archi ...

style architecture. It has a steep deck-on-hip slate roof, one-story rear ell, and one- and two-story wraparound

verandah A veranda or verandah is a roofed, open-air gallery or porch, attached to the outside of a building. A veranda is often partly enclosed by a railing and frequently extends across the front and sides of the structure. Although the form ''veran ...

. Also on the property is a contributing Carbide House (c. 1913). The building was listed on the U.S.

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 2009.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Queen Anne architecture in North Carolina Colonial Revival architecture in North Carolina Houses completed in 1913 Houses in Wayne County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Wayne County, North Carolina 1913 establishments in North Carolina {{WayneCountyNC-NRHP-stub