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Alfred and Martha Jane Thompson House and Williams Barn

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Alfred and Martha Jane Thompson House and Williams Barn is a historic home located near New Hope, Wilson County, North Carolina. It was built in approximately 1895, and is a one-story, three-bay, frame double-pile dwelling with Greek Revival and Italianate style design elements. It is sheathed in weatherboard and has a brick pier foundation and an engaged front porch. The property also contains a gambrel roofed barn built about 1930.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.

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