Villa Nova (Laurinburg, North Carolina)

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Villa Nova
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LocationSR 1438, Laurinburg, North Carolina
Coordinates 34°46′26″N79°25′30″W / 34.77389°N 79.42500°W / 34.77389; -79.42500 Coordinates: 34°46′26″N79°25′30″W / 34.77389°N 79.42500°W / 34.77389; -79.42500
Area2.5 acres (1.0 ha)
Built1880 (1880)
Architectural styleItalianate
NRHP reference No. 82003514 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 26, 1982

Villa Nova, also known as The Captain Stephen M. Thomas House, is a historic home located near Laurinburg, Scotland County, North Carolina. It was built in 1880, and is a two-story, three bay by one bay, Italianate style brick dwelling, with one-story gabled roof ells. It has a free-standing one-story brick kitchen connected by a covered passage. It has a one-story front porch with a red and blue patterned grey slate roof. [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Davyd Foard Hood; Thomas Butchko & Joe A. Mobley (April 1982). "Villa Nova" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.