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Wynne's Folly, also known as the Clarke House, is a historic
plantation house A plantation house is the main house of a plantation, often a substantial farmhouse, which often serves as a symbol for the plantation as a whole. Plantation houses in the Southern United States and in other areas are known as quite grand and e ...
located near
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Hyde County, North Carolina Hyde County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 4,589, making it the second-least populous county in North Carolina. Its county seat is Swan Quarter. The county was created in 170 ...
. It was built about 1848, and is two-story, five bay by five bay, vernacular
Greek Revival The Greek Revival was an architectural movement which began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe and the United States and Canada, but ...
style frame dwelling. It sits on a low brick pier foundation, shallow pyramidal roof pierced by pairs of interior end chimneys, and a wide frieze and overhanging cornice. It was added to the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 1977. Wynne's Folly was built for Richard Wynn, who wished to impress a woman.


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Plantation houses in North Carolina Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Greek Revival houses in North Carolina Houses completed in 1848 Houses in Hyde County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Hyde County, North Carolina {{HydeCountyNC-NRHP-stub