Merritt-Winstead House

Merritt-Winstead House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	7891 Boston Rd., near Roxboro, North Carolina
Coordinates	36°28′56″N 78°55′7″W / 36.48222°N 78.91861°W / 36.48222; -78.91861Coordinates: 36°28′56″N 78°55′7″W / 36.48222°N 78.91861°W / 36.48222; -78.91861
Area	6.6 acres (2.7 ha)
Built	1915 (1915), 1934
Architectural style	Queen Anne, Colonial Revival
NRHP reference #	05001031
Added to NRHP	September 15, 2005

Merritt-Winstead House is a historic home located near Roxboro, Person County, North Carolina. It was built in 1915, as a 1 1/2-story, transitional Queen Anne / Colonial Revival style frame dwelling. It was enlarged in 1934 to a two-story, three bay, Colonial Revival dwelling veneered in brick with a one-story, wrap-around American Craftsman-style front porch. A one-story vestibule was added to the front facade about 1950. Also on the property are a contributing carport (c. 1950), garage (c. 1934), tennis court (c. 1925), swimming pool complex (c. 1952), well house (c. 1950), two grape arbors (c. 1930-1935), Bill Joe's Play Doctor's Office (c. 1928), retaining walls (c. 1952), storage building (c. 1934), barbeque grill (c. 1952), and rock walls and a boxwood garden (c. 1925).

The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.