Bonner House (Bath, North Carolina)

Bonner House
Location Front St., Bath, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°28′20″N 76°48′49″W / 35.47222°N 76.81361°W / 35.47222; -76.81361Coordinates: 35°28′20″N 76°48′49″W / 35.47222°N 76.81361°W / 35.47222; -76.81361
Built 1835
Part of Bath Historic District (#70000437)
NRHP Reference # 70000438[1]
Added to NRHP February 26, 1970

Bonner House is a historic home located at Bath, Beaufort County, North Carolina. It was built about 1835, and is a two-story frame dwelling with a one-story wing and rear shed addition. It sits on a brick pier foundation and has a side-hall plan. It is on land once owned by John Lawson (1674? – 1711), explorer and founder of Bath.[2]

It is a contributing property in the NRHP-listed Bath Historic District, also known as Historic Bath, and is now an 1830s period historic house museum. The mid-18th century period Palmer-Marsh House can also be toured.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1970.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. John B. Wells, III (March 1971). "Bonner House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.

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