Holloway-Jones-Day House, also known as the Day House, is a historic home located near
Roxboro,
Person County, North Carolina
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Person County is included in the Durham-Chapel Hill Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is a ...
. It was built about 1840, and is a two-story,
Federal
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style frame farmhouse. A rear ell and hip roofed front porch with
Italianate
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style decorative elements were added in the mid-19th century. It has brick gable end chimneys, front and rear transoms, a hall-parlor plan and a fieldstone cellar.
The house was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1988.
References
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
Federal architecture in North Carolina
Italianate architecture in North Carolina
Houses completed in 1840
Houses in Person County, North Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Person County, North Carolina
U.S. Route 501
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