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James A. and Laura Thompson Long House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	217 S. Main St., Roxboro, North Carolina
Coordinates	36°23′49″N 78°59′30″W / 36.39694°N 78.99167°W / 36.39694; -78.99167
Area	less than one acre
Built	1896 (1896)
Architectural style	Queen Anne
NRHP reference No.	05000267
Added to NRHP	April 6, 2005

James A. and Laura Thompson Long House is a historic home located at Roxboro, Person County, North Carolina. It was built in 1896, and is a three-story, rectangular, Queen Anne style frame dwelling with a rear ell and enclosed rear porch. It features round towers with conical roofs at the front corners, a one-story wraparound porch with Doric order columns, and a hipped slate roof with dormers. The house was subdivided into apartments in the 1940s. Its builder, J. A. Long (1841–1915), is considered the "founder of modern Roxboro."

The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "J.A. Long was the father of modern-day RoxboroJ.A. Long was the father of modern-day Roxboro, 1/26/19 on The Courier Times".
3. Sarah A. Woodard (December 2004). "James A. and Laura Thompson Long House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.

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