Robert L. Doughton House
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Robert L. Doughton House
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| Location | NC 18, Laurel Springs, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 36°24′38″N 81°15′55″W / 36.41056°N 81.26528°WCoordinates: 36°24′38″N 81°15′55″W / 36.41056°N 81.26528°W |
| Area | 3.5 acres (1.4 ha) |
| Built | 1899 |
| Architectural style | Queen Anne, Late Queen Anne |
| NRHP Reference # | 79001656 |
| Added to NRHP | August 13, 1979 |
Robert L. Doughton House is a historic home located at Laurel Springs, Alleghany County, North Carolina It was built in 1899, and is a two-story frame farmhouse in a vernacular Queen Anne style influenced frame cottage. It features a steeply pitched hip roof, with a two-story, one-bay gable roof projection. It was the home of Robert L. Doughton (1863-1954), one of North Carolina's foremost politicians of the first of the 20th century. In the 1990s Rufus A. Doughton's house was restored, and it is now a popular bed-and-breakfast for tourists to the region.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
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