Twin Chimneys, 168 West King Street, Hillsborough, Orange County, NC
Summary
Significance: All indications are that this is a pre-Revolutionary house. It is built on land originally owned by Edmund Fanning. It is an excellent example of "Piedmont" architecture and is especially notable for its fine double twin chimneys. It has been associated with numerous important early figures: William Duffy, the attorney; the Rev. John Knox Witherspoon, and Hugh Waddell. It is sometimes known as "the Old Postoffice." It provides the setting for much of Sara Beaumont Kennedy's Revolutionary novel, Joscelyn Cheshire.
Survey number: HABS NC-313
Building/structure dates: ca. 1768 Initial Construction
Tags
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Forrest, R O
Fanning, Edmund
Duffy, William
Witherspoon, John Knox
Waddell, Hugh
Kennedy, Sara Beaumont
Cheshire, Joscelyn
Berry, John
Huntington, Roswell
Murphy, Archibald
Boucher, Jack E, photographer
Location
Hillsborough, 36.07562, -79.10192
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html