Portridge is a historic plantation house located near Louisburg,

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. It was built about 1780, and is a -story, three bay, single pile

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style frame dwelling. It has a gable roof, three brick chimneys, and a one-room rear ell. It was moved to its present location in 1984, and subsequently restored. It was listed on the

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in 1990.

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Plantation houses in North Carolina Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Georgian architecture in North Carolina Houses completed in 1780 Houses in Franklin County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Franklin County, North Carolina {{FranklinCountyNC-NRHP-stub