Baldwin-Coker Cottage
National Register of Historic Places

Baldwin-Coker Cottage

Highlands, Macon County, North Carolina
Listed
May 8, 2003
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
03000390

About this property

The Baldwin-Coker Cottage is a historic house at 266 Lower Lake Road in Highlands, North Carolina. The Rustic-style 1+1⁄2-story log house was designed and built in 1925 by James John Baldwin, an architect from Anderson, South Carolina. The cottage is important as a prototype for a number of later houses that were built by members of the construction crew. The walls are constructed of notched logs, whose ends project at random-length intervals, both at the corners of the house, and from the interior, where logs are also used to partition the inside space. The house is topped by a side-gable wood shingle roof. The main gable ends, and the gables of the dormers, are clad in board-and-batten siding. A porch with naturalistic limb-and-twig railings spans the width of the main facade. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.

Location

226 Lower Lake Rd.
Highlands, Macon County, North Carolina
35.05535, -83.18672

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Sources

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Nearby Historic Sites

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First Presbyterian Church
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Nearby Battles

Battle of Etchoe Pass (Cherokee War)
1760Colonial
5.2 mi
Killing of Cherokee Warriors Near Fort Prince George 1759
1759Colonial
9.7 mi

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When was Baldwin-Coker Cottage listed on the National Register?

Baldwin-Coker Cottage was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 8, 2003.

What type of historic resource is Baldwin-Coker Cottage?

Baldwin-Coker Cottage is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Baldwin-Coker Cottage?

The period of significance for Baldwin-Coker Cottage is recorded as the industrial era, specifically around 1925.

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