Old Brick House
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Old Brick House | |
.jpg) Brick House, HABS Photo, July 1940 | |
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| Location | 182 Brick House Lane, Elizabeth City, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 36°20′0″N 76°13′16″W / 36.33333°N 76.22111°W |
| Area | 1.5 acres (0.61 ha) |
| Built | c. 1750 |
| Built by | Murden, Robert |
| NRHP reference No. | 72000983[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 16, 1972 |
Old Brick House is a historic home located at Elizabeth City, Pasquotank County, North Carolina. It was built about 1750, and is a 1+1⁄2-story frame dwelling with brick gable ends. It sits on a raised brick basement, has a gable roof with dormers, and two interior end chimneys with molded caps. The interior features a richly carved mantel with an elaborate broken ogee pediment. It is one of the few brick-end buildings in the state. The brickwork is laid in Flemish bond with glazed headers.[2] It is a member of the small group of 18th century frame houses with brick ends in northeast North Carolina; the group includes the Sutton-Newby House and the Myers-White House.
Local legend held that the house was built and first occupied by the pirate Blackbeard, though in reality he had been dead since 1718.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[1]
