PRESENT USE

0 Agriculturol

0 Commercial

0 Educationa I

0 Enierlainment

I i::, F' /\ R T /vi E l'lT 0 j-' I: i I NT E r~ I 0 F< i'-l!\fiOi'l/\L PARI< SERVICE

Public

Private

Both

Public Acquisition;

Din Process

o Being Considorod

One or More as

0 Government

0 Industrial

0 Mi litary

0 Museum

o Pork

Private Rosidence

Religious

Scientific

Federal

.s A E:

COUNTY,

0 Occupied

0 Unoccupiod 0 1<0~tricied

0 Preservation work 0 Unr(lslricYod

in progress

o Transportation

o 01her (Spocify)

County

0 1'\10

o Commonts

o Local

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(Cl~OG1( ()no)

M'lO Of'lIGiNAL PH Y SIC A LAP F' E A H ,\ NeE

to a re lean-to addi.t.ion

i3.nd a s \"l8st (f.cont) h

Ciout.h feCl.tnr(3S enclosed on the west end

.'> t:,vrl),",~'t,:Lf)~C(;(J_,

Cha.l""lestt)n. three

:most c"U.:(':10\13

a.nd

tals are less successful and consist of i.nci.~3Exl OrnaJllcnt, a.nd

a.erOt):::; the se co:{)d lE:nrt:.;} ~ turned

c'/ed c~cl

I:n

but)

the /'0

mold.ed

hn.vc bench" On. tl'lC

,3,t)ove the c};a:Lc rail Both :::.torics The or.l the:

There are two nine-o.n each 1ev'01? At. the e:nd of the

.f1anked south .facade

vV'ind mv~) on l.m~)r·ican bond brick

is v~<hich once bEt.a At either end ;'11'8 well GXdC'Ll.t.ed

vr::'Lth scmiclrcuJ .. o.:C sunhuJ:"[)t~::; belcHI corn.ice cn.p:':i a,t. t/he

Lu'ound. the ~~oul:.h

CJ {'ncUTi(: nted de:) cOJ~';::d, ion. 'Tho::;\::) on the

The \p/j.ndovJ'~) on L,he

hD,VC

'::l1'C. .frcnned a j~ bove 1', his is D.

in t .. hf; cent ex' ~

(~() tlCl

1'he 0 nox-t,'h of several additions

bond orick

to the Tho :3ta.i:c J t/O

:1.1:'1 t.he entr(,jJ'lC(; hall,' ha~3 c1:cv:Ll1rtetLc b:cacket.::3 )' ~{ tllY'neci nf;,wel post:) and

\lv(; ~:~'t~ :LS 8J]t, ej~(3cl b~y~ (~1

errLablature. The incised decoration Below the co:cnice d,ro mo1ded f:cie/':'E::! "\1it'il den.t, s

",\',,\\1,

r l\:J H t\ I~ Pi, i \ ;\

vr}lich 1'11 f! 'hr:1_ r.~(~ () '\J\!;")

i~~! C? '0 c~ ..1\ (t c~.jD_

l' 1'"1 cJ .~~ \1\T ()

-bel 0\1>;

'The ;:,(;.eond f100l' :Ls ;:;.J}n:iJax' if)

The house is set decidl10US t:,:C8e8

several C)}:18

bout JJ360

cou~~ TY

of the main hall have and lit-tIe

a barn const~lcted

ic lflo1 0 Educati on 0 Political [] Urban Planning

0 P(uhisl"Oric [] Engi floeri og [] Religion/Phi_ [] Other (Speedy)

[] r,i~to(ic 0 Industry losophy

Agriculturo 0 Invention [] Science

[}J J\rch. 'lecture 0 Lundscape [] Scu ipture

0 Art i;fchi'reclure [] Socia I/Human-

[] 0 Literalure itorian

0 COfn{"un'ca~ions 0 I\\ililory 0 Theater

[] Con~(lrvation 0 Music 0 Transportation

CMI::N'( OF :"1(jNIFI I,NC I;:

About Pete:{' Eva,ns and remodeled the house on south of 'Tarboro which he from Randal 'Johnson

respected local builder, who ary, 1809.

'[(lost famous T'arbo:co and

the

one of the commissioners out set tle:c in The

until 1879 when the house W<J,S wil18d Her husband, W 'T j

the became known as the T s

house and fa:cTl1 are pre for a nUIrlber of years J H Blount, Jr. of

North

Archite the house is one of the few The intricate detail of both the interioT

of the work of Peter and ex.-terior set of the late Adam

ct as one of the finest exerciSeS eastern North Carolina

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o

LONGITUDE

Degiees Minutes Seconds o

o

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/,PPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMII'l

As lhe des i[!,nalcd Sla! e Liuison OfCicer 1'0( lhe Nu

tiona1 Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law

89-665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion

in the National Register and certify that it has been

evaluated according to the criteria and procedu res set

forth by the National Park Service. The recommended

level of significance of this nomination is:

Natiollal ,9 State CXl Local 0

Name

'1' if Jt·

Date 1970

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Ar'chives and Estate

o

49 77 01

I hereby certify that this property is included in the

National Register.

Chief, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation

)

Date

ATTEST:

Date ~--------------------------------------~~

Eclwa.rciG and

l'jnt"Y ProspecL House Route Three, SR ]60} Tarboro

of North

January

Edgecombe County State

1"/2 miles

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KEY TO COUNTY ItOAD NUMBERS .u.s<> NUMIII'.$ UlQl 1ll21. I.QQ.l 1112t 11&':[