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| Covington-Nichols House Wall Ferry Road, Rockingham vicinity 1826 |
| The architectural highlight of this two-story frame house is its spectacular west gable-end chimney, which features double paved shoulders, a detached stack, and three large nested diamond figures, outlined with dark glazed header bricks, that rise tip to tip up the face of the chimney. The chimney base is parged and scored to imitate ashlar masonry. The base of the chimney on the east gable end has a similar treatment, although the chimney above has been parged, hiding any decorative brickwork that may exist. An 1826 date is said to appear on the east chimney. To read more about this historic site in Richmond County, please refer to the book, The Architectural History of Richmond County, North Carolina. |
| Covington-Nichols House. (J. Daniel Pezzoni) |
| The chimney of the 1826 Covington-Nichols House near Rockingham illustrates the decorative quality of the finest early brickwork. (J. Daniel Pezzoni) |