4-549: William Rea Store is a historic commercial building located in the Murfreesboro Historic District at Murfreesboro , Hertford County, North Carolina . It was built about 1790, and is a two-story, three-bay, brick building with a one-story, three-bay wing. It is one of the oldest commercial buildings in North Carolina. It was built by William Rea, a wealthy Boston merchant. It was listed on
8-765: The National Register of Historic Places in 1970. The building is owned by the Murfreesboro Historical Association and serves as its main museum site, the William Rea Museum . Exhibits include area agriculture, education, architecture, river trade, Native American life, and the lives of inventors Richard Jordan Gatling and his brother James Henry Gatling. The Association also operates the Brady C. Jefcoat Museum , tours of Dr. Walter Reed House, John Wheeler House, shops and
12-778: The Agriculture and Transportation Museum. The Association's office is located in the Roberts-Vaughan House . This article about a property in Hertford County, North Carolina on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Murfreesboro Historic District Murfreesboro Historic District is a national historic district located at Murfreesboro , Hertford County, North Carolina . The district encompasses nine contributing buildings in
16-660: The oldest section of the city of Murfreesboro. The buildings include notable examples of Greek Revival style architecture. They are the William Rea Store (c. 1790); John Wheeler House (c. 1800) birthplace of John H. Wheeler (1806-1882) and later home of Congressman Jesse Johnson Yeates (1829-1892); Myrick House (c. 1810); Melrose (c. 1810) home of Congressman William H. Murfree (1781 – 1827); The Hertford Academy (c. 1810); Roberts-Vaughan House (c. 1810); Dr. Isaac Pipkin House (c. 1825); Rose Bower (c. 1830); and
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