John Wheeler House is a historic home located in the

Murfreesboro Historic District Murfreesboro Historic District is a national historic district located at Murfreesboro, Hertford County, North Carolina. The district encompasses nine contributing buildings in the oldest section of the city of Murfreesboro. The buildings incl ...

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. It was built about 1805, and is a two-story, three-bay, vernacular Federal-style

Flemish bond Flemish bond is a pattern of brickwork that is a common feature in Georgian architecture. The pattern features bricks laid lengthwise (''stretchers'') alternating with bricks laid with their shorter ends exposed (''headers'') within the same cou ...

brick dwelling with a

central passage plan The central-passage house, also known variously as central hall plan house, center-hall house, hall-passage-parlor house, Williamsburg cottage, and Tidewater-type cottage, was a vernacular, or folk form, house type from the colonial period onwar ...

. The front facade features a later two-story pedimented

portico A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls. This idea was widely used in ancient Greece and has influenced many cu ...

. It was the birthplace of John H. Wheeler (1806-1882) and later home of Congressman

Jesse Johnson Yeates Jesse Johnson Yeates (May 29, 1829 – September 5, 1892) was a United States Democratic Party, Democratic United States House of Representatives, U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1875 and 1881. Life and career Born in Hertford Coun ...

(1829-1892). It was listed on the

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in 1971.

Gallery

File:Historic American Buildings Survey, Thomas T. Waterman, Photographer July, 1940. - Trader House, 403 East Broad Street, Murfreesboro, Hertford County, NC HABS NC,46-MURF,8-2.tif, Trader House, HABS photo, July 1940 File:Historic American Buildings Survey, Thomas T. Waterman, Photographer July, 1940. - Trader House, 403 East Broad Street, Murfreesboro, Hertford County, NC HABS NC,46-MURF,8-1.tif, Trader House, HABS photo, July 1940

References

Historic American Buildings Survey in North Carolina Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Federal architecture in North Carolina Houses completed in 1805 Houses in Hertford County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Hertford County, North Carolina 1805 establishments in North Carolina Historic district contributing properties in North Carolina Buildings and structures in Murfreesboro, North Carolina Brick buildings and structures in North Carolina {{HertfordCountyNC-NRHP-stub