Thomas B. Finley House

Historic house in North Carolina, United States

United States historic place


Thomas B. Finley House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Front and western side
36°9′41″N 81°9′4″W / 36.16139°N 81.15111°W / 36.16139; -81.15111
Area	less than one acre
Built	1893 (1893)
Architect	Norma Bonniwell
Architectural style	Queen Anne
NRHP reference No.	08000415^[1]
Added to NRHP	May 15, 2008

The Thomas B. Finley House, also known as The Oaks, is a historic home located at North Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, North Carolina. It was designed by architect Norma Bonniwell (1877–1961) and built in 1893. It is a two-story, Queen Anne style frame dwelling with a one-story rear ell. It features a hip and gable roof, corner tower, fish-scale-cut wood shingles, and one-story, hip-roofed, wraparound porch. It was built for prominent attorney Thomas B. Finley (1862–1942), whose firm Finley and Hendren occupied the Thomas B. Finley Law Office at Wilkesboro.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Laura A. W. Phillips (June 2007). "Thomas B. Finley House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places – Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-07-01.