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| Isaac and Phebe Ewing House 1797 |
| Historian John Hutchinson writes that the Ewing House is "typical of the homes of most well-to-do (if not wealthy) backcountry farmers of the era."The one-story weatherboarded frame house has a coastal cottage form, with a spreading gable roof that engages a front porch, a porch or preacher's room, and rear shed rooms. Whereas the windows of many of the county's early vernacular houses were unglazed and covered only by shutters, those of the Ewing House have handsome six-over-nine sashes. Large stone chimneys rise on each gable end. To read more about this historic site in Richmond County, please refer to the book, The Architectural History of Richmond County, North Carolina. |
| The rear elevation of the Isaac and Phebe Ewing House, ca. 1797, thought to be Richmond County's oldest surviving dwelling. (Janet K. Seapker) |
| Richmond County log construction employed a range of corner-notching techniques. Outbuildings of the Isaac and Phebe Ewing House illustrate dovetail notching. (Left: half-dovetail) (Right: V-notching) |