Little Manor, also known as Mosby Hall, is a historic
plantation house located in
Warren County, North Carolina
Warren County is a county located in the northeastern Piedmont region of the U.S. state of North Carolina, on the northern border with Virginia, made famous for a landfill and birthplace of the environmental justice movement. As of the 2020 cen ...
near the town of
Littleton. It was built about 1804, and is a
Federal
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style frame dwelling consisting of a two-story, five-bay, pedimented main block flanked by one-story wings. It has a pedimented center bay front porch with
Doric order
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pilaster
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s and an older two-story rear wing, dated to about 1780.
It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1973.
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See also
*Dr. Charles and Susan Skinner House and Outbuildings
Dr. Charles and Susan Skinner House and Outbuildings, also known as Linden Hall, is a historic plantation house located in Warren County, North Carolina near the town of Littleton. It was built between 1840 and 1844, and is a two-story, three-b ...
, AKA Linden Hall, another plantation house near the town of Littleton
References
Plantation houses in North Carolina
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
Federal architecture in North Carolina
Houses completed in 1804
Houses in Warren County, North Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Warren County, North Carolina
1804 establishments in North Carolina
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External links
Little Manor, Littleton, North Carolina
at NC State University Libraries