Freeman House, also known as The Stateline House, is a historic home located on the North Carolina-

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state line near

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, USA. The house was built in three building phases, the earliest perhaps dating to the late-18th century. The farmhouse was initially built following the basic early-

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-style one-room plan, followed by the addition of a late-Federal-style two-story side-hall-plan, which was finally enlarged and converted in the mid-19th century to a more substantial

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style, center-hall-plan dwelling. The main section is a two-story, five bay, frame structure. Also on the property are the contributing

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, a kitchen with exterior end chimney, a one-story tack house with an attached wood shed, a small, unidentified shed, two large barns, and a stable. It was listed on the

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in 1982.

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