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Moorefields

Moorefields is a historic plantation home located near Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina. It was built about 1785, and consists of a two-story central block, three bays wide, with flanking one-bay wings in the Federal style. The house features a shed porch with turned wooden posts. It was built by soldier and judge Alfred Moore (1755-1810).

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Moorefields, HABS photo, February 1965
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LocationN of jct. of SR 1134 and 1135, near Hillsborough, North Carolina
Coordinates36°3′39.7″N 79°8′36.1″W / 36.061028°N 79.143361°W / 36.061028; -79.143361
Area8.3 acres (3.4 ha)
Built1785 (1785)
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No.720009821
Added to NRHPApril 25, 1972

Moorefields is a historic plantation home located near Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina. It was built about 1785, and consists of a two-story central block, three bays wide, with flanking one-bay wings in the Federal style. The house features a shed porch with turned wooden posts. It was built by soldier and judge Alfred Moore (1755-1810).2

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.1

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  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. John B. Wells, III (January 1972). "Moorefields" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved February 1, 2015.
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