James Monroe Thompson House

Historic house in North Carolina, United States

United States historic place


James Monroe Thompson House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

35°58′18″N 79°19′19″W / 35.97167°N 79.32194°W / 35.97167; -79.32194
Area	2.4 acres (0.97 ha)
Built	c. 1850 (1850), 1872
Built by	Thompson, James Monroe
Architectural style	Log
MPS	Log Buildings in Alamance County MPS
NRHP reference No.	93001198^[1]
Added to NRHP	November 22, 1993

James Monroe Thompson House, also known as Shady Rest, is a historic home located near Saxapahaw, Alamance County, North Carolina. The original one-story, single-pen, log house was built about 1850. In 1872, a two-story log addition was built, and the original building used as a kitchen. The log house is sheathed in weatherboard and sits on a stone foundation.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Patricia S. Dickenson (March 1993). "James Monroe Thompson House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.