Penn House, Reidsville

Name: Penn House
Address: Reidsville, United States

#5 among attractions in Reidsville

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Penn House is a historic home located at Reidsville, Rockingham County, North Carolina. The main house was built in 1932, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, Colonial Revival style blond brick dwelling. The house consists of the main block; a one-story, L-shaped wing; a one-story servants' quarters; and a one-story kitchen wing behind the main block. The front facade features a full-facade, full-height portico with six Corinthian order columns. It replaced a Prairie School inspired dwelling erected on the site about 1910. Also on the property are the contributing two-story garage and servants' apartment; smokehouse; slate-roofed gazebo; pump house; and two greenhouses. ()

Built: 1910 (114 years ago)Coordinates: 36°21'27"N, 79°40'9"W

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Reidsville United States

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Penn House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Chinqua Penn Plantation, First Baptist Church, Jennings-Baker House.

2.5 miNW
Architecture, Historical place, Forts and castles
Chinqua Penn Plantation, Reidsville
65 min walk • Chinqua Penn Plantation is an English manor home in Reidsville, North Carolina in Rockingham County, North Carolina, United States. It is a private residence and was closed to the public in 2012. The home was built by Thomas Jefferson Penn and Margaret Beatrice Shoellkopf Penn in the 1920s.
~1410 ftE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
First Baptist Church, Reidsville
7 min walk • First Baptist Church was a historic Southern Baptist church located at 401 S. Scales Street in Reidsville, Rockingham County, North Carolina. It was built in 1918, and was a Late Gothic Revival style brick church.
0.5 miW
Gothic Revival architecture
Jennings-Baker House, Reidsville
14 min walk • Jennings-Baker House is a historic home located at Reidsville, Rockingham County, North Carolina. It was built about 1888, and is a two-story, three bay, solid masonry dwelling with vernacular Gothic and Italianate style design elements.