6B The Perquimans Weekly, June 24, 1999
Progress
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Hertford’s walking tour is
chocked full of history and
beauty. Many of those who
live in the area take the
majestic homes and buildings
for granted. Examples of
many building styles can be
viewed on the tour.
There are many other his
toric homes to be seen along
the way. Use this as your
guide and enjoy!
The tour begins at the
Hertford Municipal Building
and heads toward North
Church Street.
• Edward Wood House, ca.
1818, 208 N. Church Street.
One of several Federal side-
hall plan houses on the tour.
The two and a half story
house with a two-story
engaged porch was built by
Edward Wood when he served
as Clark of Superior Court.
• Flower Cottage, ca. 1860,
215 N. Church Street. The
dwelling was named by for
mer owner Pennie Norcum.
The home is believed to have
been used first by Blanchard
Merchantile Enterprise in
1866 and as a storehouse by
Col. Wilson Reed.
• Dr. J.J. Shannonhouse
House, ca. 1872, 202 N. Church
Street. BuUt by Dr. James J.
Shannonhouse, this is an
example of the Greek Revival
one-and-a-half story coastal
cottage with center hall.
• Skinner-Whedbee House,
ca. 1775,101 E. Punch Alley.
Believed to be the oldest
house in Hertford, the house
was built by Nathaniel
Martin. The Federal styl
house has maintained its
original paired entrances.
Only one of the original three
chimneys remains. The pick
et fence was once a common
sight in town.
• Lewis Richardson
House, ca. 1851, 310 N. Church
Street. Built by Lewis
Richardson, a blacksmith, the
Greek Revival with side-hall
plan features front and rear
engaged porches.
• Edmundson-Fox
Memorial, corner Church
and McCraney streets. Near
this spot in May 1672 the first
religious service on record in
North Carolina was held. Six
months later, George Fox,
founder of the Religious
Society of Friends, also visit
ed this section and held meet
ings among the colonists.
• Simpson-Blanchard
House, ca. 1858, 300 N. Front
Street. BuUt by Clark of
Superior Court and merchant
Thomas R. Simpson, a one-
story detached kitchen at one
time stood to the rear.
• Stokes House, ca. 1874,
218 N. Front Street. This
home was buUt by Henry
Clay Stokes and has since
been occupied by the Stokes
family This two-story, center-
hall plan house was original
ly L-shaped with a two-tier
porch. The original wood
frame was brick veneered in
1960.
• Thomas Jackson House,
ca. 1872, 208 N. Front Street.
Built by Thomas Jackson,
this dwelling has a one-story
rear addition.
• Old Temperance Hall
House, ca. 1851,116 N. Front
Street. Typical of mid-19th
century buildings, the side-
hall plan house is framed
with pine and cypress lum
ber. Temperance organiza
tions were active in
Perquimans County in the
1840s and 1850s. Their mem
bership was drawn mostly
from Quakers and
Methodists. The building was
used by Hertford’s
Washington Temperance
Society until 1856, then sold
and converted into a resi
dence.
• Wood-Winslow House,
ca. 1772,110 N. Front Street.
This two-story house was
built by Benjamin Wright, a
tailor.
• McMuUan-Fleetwood
House, ca. 1881,106 N. Front
Street. Built by Dr. John H.
McMullan, the Colonial
Revival house was remodeled
in 1897.
• Wood-Smith House, ca.
1840,100 S. Front Street. Built
by John Wood, extensive
alterations have left only one
primary feature evident, a
paved, double-shoulder chim
ney laid in Flemish bond. A
two-story T-addition was
added around 1904. Dr. Josiah
T. Smith purchased the prop
erty in 1858 and it stayed in
his family until 1948.
• Church of the Holy
Trinity (Episcopal), ca. 1849,
207 S. Church Street. The
Gothic Revival structure was
constructed at a cost of
$2,000. The narthex and bell
tower were added in 1894. The
organ was acquired about
1854 and was built by George
Jardine of New York. Note
the cemetery behind the
church.
• Agustus Arps House, ca.
1853,113 W. Dobbs Street.
Built by shoemaker and
Methodist lay leader Agustus
Arps, the original section has
a pair of exterior stepped sin
gle-shoulder chimney anda
rear double-tier engaged
porch.
• Benjamin Berry House,
ca. 1820, 201 W. Dobbs Street.
Built by tailor Benjamin
Berry, the three outbuildings
were once a dairy, kitchen
and smokehouse.
• Col. Francis Toms
House, ca. 1820, 215 W. Market
Sreet. Built by Francis Toms,
who served in the House of
Commons in 1814 and 1815.
The house was enlarged
using Greek Revival addi
tions.
• Isaac Hall House, ca.
1818, 200 W. Market Street.
Originally a Federal style
with side-hall plan, the house
now has a center haU plan
with two-story wing, rear ell
and extended porch.
• Ann R. White House, ca.
1884, 200 W. Grubb Street.
Originally a one-room struc
ture, this house has been
extensively remodeled.
• Edy Wood House, ca.
1832,128 W. Grubb Street.
This one-story coastal cottage
was believed to have been
built for Edy Wood, a freed-
woman and owner of the
property in 1832.
• Dr. C. Winslow House,
cal 1851,130 W. Market Street.
Enlarged several times, this
building was buUt as the
office of Dr. Caleb Winslow, a
prominant physician, temper
ance leader, trustee of
Hertford Academy, surveyor,
member of the first Baord of
Medical Examiners of North
Carolina and a Quaker. One
of the former front entrances
was converted to a window.
• Hertford Baptist Church,
ca. 1854,124 W. Market Street.
An Italilante-style brick
structure built on a raised
basement, the Classical
Revival portico has been
replaced with a small
narthex.
• Alfred Moore House, ca.
1825,119 W. Market Street.
Built by a local merchants
and Hertford postmaster, the
home now stands on its third
site.
• Perquimans County
Courthouse, ca. 1825. This is
the second courthouse built
in Perquimans County In
1823, the Albemarle Lodge of
Masons made an agreement
with the county to furnish
work on a new building in
return for use of a second
floor room. This room is stUl
used as a meeting room for
Masons. Interior features
include raised six-panel doors
with H and L hinges, mantels
and Federal style flat-panel
wainscot, all original.
Throughout the towns and
county, historic structures
dot the countrywide. Take a
walk or a ride for yourself.
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