Merritt-Winstead House is a historic home located near

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, Person County, North Carolina. It was built in 1915, as a -story, transitional Queen Anne / Colonial Revival style frame dwelling. It was enlarged in 1934 to a two-story, three bay, Colonial Revival dwelling veneered in brick with a one-story, wrap-around

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-style front porch. A one-story

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was added to the front facade about 1950. Also on the property are a contributing carport (c. 1950), garage (c. 1934), tennis court (c. 1925), swimming pool complex (c. 1952), well house (c. 1950), two grape arbors (c. 1930–1935), Bill Joe's Play Doctor's Office (c. 1928), retaining walls (c. 1952), storage building (c. 1934), barbeque grill (c. 1952), and rock walls and a boxwood garden (c. 1925). The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

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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 1934 Houses in Person County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Person County, North Carolina 1934 establishments in North Carolina {{PersonCountyNC-NRHP-stub