Charles O. Robinson House
Contributors:
Joseph Perry Kramer, builder;
Herbert W. Simpson, architect
Dates:
1914
Location:
Elizabeth City, Pasquotank County
Street Address:
201 E. Main St., Elizabeth City, NC
Status:
Standing
Type:
Residential
Images Published In:
Catherine W. Bishir, North Carolina Architecture (1990).
Catherine W. Bishir and Michael T. Southern, A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Eastern North Carolina (1996).
Thomas R. Butchko, On the Shores of the Pasquotank: The Architectural Heritage of Elizabeth City and Pasquotank County, North Carolina (1989).
Note:
The massive frame house was built for Elizabeth City’s lumber magnate Charles O. Robinson and his wife Ivy Blades Robinson by her father, New Bern’s lumber leader James B. Blades. It is among the state’s most imposing surviving examples of the full-blown “Southern Colonial” style complete with portico, wraparound porches, and lavish classical detailing.
