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Winfall
Miscellaneous
History
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Winfall
Historic
Architecture
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We
are
in
the
process
of
restoring
the
Historic
District
in
the
Town
of
Winfall.
Shown
below
are
a
few
of
the
historic
buildings,
along
with
a
summary
of
their
significance
to
our
town.
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Major
and
Loomis
Company
Office
and
Mill
House
Even
though
the
mill
houses
lining
Major
Street
were
built
in
the
1930s,
they
stand
along
with
the
office
as
the
only
extant
buildings
connected
with
the
former
Major
and
Loomis
Company,
operating
from
the
1880s
to
1954.
Numbering
eight
in
all,
these
mill
workers'
houses
are
simple
double-pile
story-and-a-half
gable-front
dwellings,
each
with
a
one-room
rear
kitchen
ell.
The
office
with
its
oversized
gable
dormers
represents
a
commercial
adaptation
of
the
nationally
popular
bungalow-style
of
the
late
1910s
and
1920s.
The
largest
mill
in
the
county,
the
Major
and
Loomis
Company
was
ideally
located
beside
Perquimans
River
and
paralleled
the
Norfolk
and
Southern
Railroad.
Organized
by
George
E.
Major,
a
native
of
New
Jersey,
the
company
operated
band
saw
and
planing
mills
which
occupied
only
a
portion
of
the
approximately
12-acre
site.
Specializing
in
the
production
of
Emandel
thin
ceiling
and
hard
gum
flooring,
the
company's
products
were
marketed
outside
the
state
by
the
Frost
and
Davis
Lumber
Company
of
New
York,
which
specialized
in
the
sale
of
North
Carolina
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Winfall
US
Post
Office
Jessup's
Store
stood
here
when
J.W.
Albertson's
trustee
deeded
the
property
to
T.S.
White
in
1890.
However,
the
present
building
was
probably
begun
soon
after.
By
1893
it
was
also
referred
to
as
the
"Big
Store"
and
in
1894
Ambrose
D.
White
was
residing
on
the
property.
The
store
was
owned
by
various
members
of
the
White
family
until
1901,
when
it
was
conveyed
to
Thos.
G.
and
Jno.
L.
Ward.
Now
used
as
a
post
office,
this
former
general
store/dwelling
contains
sawnwork
features
which
can
be
found
elsewhere
in
Winfall,
e.g.,
the
J.D.
White
House.
The
large
two-story
frame
store
today
appears
much
as
it
originally
did,
except
for
modifications
made
to
the
front
double-tier
hip-roof
porch,
whose
first-floor
supports
have
been
replaced.
Probably
added
shortly
after
the
completion
of
the
store,
a
small
single-story
frame
house
with
a
rear
shed
addition
is
attached
to
one
side.
The
once-detached
kitchen
has
been
joined
to
this
shed.
An
engaged
porch
extends
across
the
two-bay
facade
and
an
exterior
stepped
single-shoulder
chimney
stands
at
the
gable
end.
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Alphonso
White
House
According
to
1919-1920
tax
data
this
frame
house
was
built
in
1895
by
Alphonso
White,
a
prominent
merchant,
land
owner,
and
civic
leader.
It
remains
in
the
ownership
of
his
descendants.
The
house
is
an
unusual
late
interpretation
of
the
tripartite
form,
with
a
two-story
central
portion
flanked
by
slightly
lower
story-and-a-jump
wings.
Entrances
are
situated
to
each
side
of
the
center
block,
and
the
facade
is
protected
by
a
one-story
hip-roof
porch
supported
by
plain
chamfered
posts.
A
central
interior
chimney
serves
the
front
rooms
and
each
gable
end
has
boxed
cornice
returns.
A
picket
fence
defines
the
lot
to
give
the
house
a
picturesque
setting.
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John
A.
Bennett
House
Standing
on
property
owned
by
John
A.
Bennett
from
1875
to
1882,
the
house
is
possibly
one
of
the
oldest
buildings
in
Winfall,
as
suggested
by
the
1865
erection
date
listed
in
the
1919-1920
Tax
Valuation.
Remaining
in
the
Bennett
family
until
1892,
the
property
was
purchased
by
Joseph
White
and
has
remained
almost
continuously
in
the
ownership
of
White's
family.
Following
a
vernacular
two-story
house
form
common
during
the
latter
part
of
the
19th
century,
this
house
has
an
attached
rear
kitchen/dining
room
ell.
The
hip-roof
wraparound
porch
is
a
later
addition
and
includes
turned
posts
and
sawnwork
brackets.
The
three-bay
symmetrical
facade
has
9/6
sash
on
the
first
floor
and
6/6
ones
on
the
second
floor.
Laid
in
1:5
common
bond,
the
exterior
end
chimney
has
stepped
single
shoulders.
Originally
the
interior
evolved
around
a
center-hall
plan
with
the
stair
rising
from
front
to
back
directly
inside
the
entrance.
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Church
of
the
Good
Shepherd
Now
a
private
residence,
the
former
Church
of
the
Good
Shepherd
(Episcopal)
was
built
in
1895;
ownership
of
the
lot
was
confirmed
the
following
year
in
a
deed
from
E.A.
Leigh,
Jr.,
et
al.
to
the
Vestry
of
Holy
Trinity
Protestant
Episcopal
Church.
The
small
gable-end
late
Carpenter
Gothic
Church
was
probably
converted
into
a
residence
and
stripped
of
most
of
its
ornamental
woodwork
shortly
after
its
sale
by
the
Vestry
in
1940.
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