Porter Houses and Armstrong Kitchen
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Location | 821 Wells Rd., near Whitakers, North Carolina |
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Coordinates | 36°3′55″N 77°40′1″W / 36.06528°N 77.66694°WCoordinates: 36°3′55″N 77°40′1″W / 36.06528°N 77.66694°W |
Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
Built | c. 1850 | , c. 1900
Architectural style | Gambrel-roofed house |
NRHP reference # | 02000988 |
Added to NRHP | September 14, 2002 |
Porter Houses and Armstrong Kitchen is a set of two historic homes and a kitchen building located near Whitakers, Edgecombe County, North Carolina. The first Porter dwelling dates to the last quarter of the 18th century, and is a 1 1/2-story frame dwelling with a gambrel roof. It was restored in 1994. The second Porter dwelling also dates to the last quarter of the 18th century, and is a one-room, 1 1/2-story frame dwelling with a gable roof. It measures approximately 16 feet wide and 24 feet long. Also on the property is a frame kitchen building built about 1850 and remodeled about 1900.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.