Verona, U.S. Route 158, Jackson, Northampton County, NC

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Significance: Verona was built by Matt Whittaker Ransom in 1853, its romantic latticework and balconies were inspired by similar structures in Ransom's home town, Shucco Springs, and were not the result of Ransom serving as ambassador to Mexico in 1901 as is often assumed. The land on which Verona stands was acquired through Mrs. Ransom's family, the Exums, one of 3 largest landowners in the state. Originally consisting of perhaps as much as 3,000 acres...

Survey number: HABS NC-214

Building/structure dates: 1853 Initial Construction

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1901

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator

Ransom, Matt Whittaker

Jackson (Northampton County, N.C.) , 36.38960, -77.42136

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