Clifton House and Mill Site

Clifton House and Mill Site
LocationSR 1103, near Royal, North Carolina
Coordinates36°00′05″N 78°21′00″W / 36.00139°N 78.35000°W / 36.00139; -78.35000
Area245 acres (99 ha)
Builtc. 1831 (1831), c. 1850
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Italianate
NRHP reference No.80002835[1]
Added to NRHPApril 17, 1980

Clifton House and Mill Site is a historic home and grist mill site located near Royal, Franklin County, North Carolina. It was built in the 1850s, and is a two-story, rectangular frame house with a hipped roof in the Greek Revival style with Italianate design elements. It features a two-story pedimented front porch and has a two-story rear ell. Also on the property are two contributing 19th-century outbuildings, Miller's House, and the ruins of a grist mill built about 1831, including some machinery.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Catherine W. Bishir and Jerry L. Cross (November 1979). "Clifton House and Mill Site" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved November 1, 2014.