Espy Watts Brawley House
The Espy Watts Brawley House, also known as the Brawley House, is a historic home located at Mooresville, Iredell County, North Carolina. It was built in 1904, and is a large 2+1⁄2-story, transitional Queen Anne / Colonial Revival style frame dwelling. It has a two-story side wing with a two-story, three-sided bay; truncated slate hipped roof; and one-story wraparound porch with porte-cochère. Also on the property are two contributing outbuildings.
It is currently used as a venue for weddings and other events. The house's namesake, Espy Watts Brawley, was a prominent local cotton farmer, cottonseed oil manufacturer, and banker.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "About: The Brawley House". charlottebanquethall.com. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
- ^ Laura A. W. Phillips (February 1980). "Espy Watts Brawley House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-01-01.
- ^ Bishir, Catherine W.; Southern, Michael T. (2003). "Iredell County". A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Piedmont North Carolina. The Richard Hampton Jenrette Series in Architectural and Decorative Arts. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press. p. 452. ISBN 0-8078-5444-1.
