Vernon Place

N of Como off US 258, Como, North Carolina. County/parish: Hertford.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 29, 1982. NRIS 82003469.

4 contributing buildings.

Also known as:

  • Cowper-Taylor House

From Wikipedia:

Vernon Place

Vernon Place, also known as the Cowper-Taylor House, is a historic plantation house located near Como, Hertford County, North Carolina. It is dated to the late-1820s, and is a two-story, five-bay, T-plan, transitional Federal / Greek Revival frame dwelling. It has a low-pitched, gable roof and Colonial Revival style one-story hip-roof wraparound porch added about 1900. Also on the property are the contributing one-room, 1+12-story frame Federal style house, wellhouse, and a Delco plant.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720831