W side of US 401 S, 0.25 mi. N of NC 1110, Louisburg, North Carolina. County/parish: Franklin.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places May 03, 2006. NRIS 06000339.
5 contributing buildings.
Rose Hill, later known as Timberlake House, is a historic plantation house located near Louisburg, Franklin County, North Carolina. The main block was built about 1803, and is a two-story, five-bay, transitional Georgian / Federal style frame dwelling. It has a gable roof and double-shouldered brick end chimneys. A rear ell was expanded about 1840, and about 1880 a one-story Queen Anne-style, full width verandah was added. About 1910, a Neoclassical portico was added over the verandah, as was a bathroom wing. Also on the property are the contributing slave quarter (c. 1840), kitchen (c. 1840), playhouse (c. 1910), and generator / wellhouse (c. 1910).
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.
North Carolina First Lady Fanny Yarborough Bickett was born here.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720332