Freeman House, also known as The Hertford Academy, is a historic
school
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building located in the
Murfreesboro Historic District
Murfreesboro Historic District is a national historic district located at Murfreesboro, Hertford County, North Carolina. The district encompasses nine contributing buildings in the oldest section of the city of Murfreesboro. The buildings incl ...
at
Murfreesboro
Murfreesboro is a city in and county seat of Rutherford County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 152,769 according to the 2020 census, up from 108,755 residents certified in 2010. Murfreesboro is located in the Nashville metropol ...
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Hertford County, North Carolina
Hertford County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 21,552. Its county seat is Winton. It is classified within the region known in the 21st century as the Inner Banks.
History
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. It was built about 1810, and is a two-story,
Federal
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style brick building with a hip roof and
central passage plan
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. It is considered the birthplace of
Chowan University
Chowan University () , from the North Carolina Collection's website at the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1971.
Gallery
File:Historic American Buildings Survey, Thomas T. Waterman, Photographer July, 1940 GENERAL VIEW. - Freeman House, 200 East Broad Street, Murfreesboro, Hertford County, NC HABS NC,46-MURF,4-1.tif, Freeman House, HABS photo, July 1940