River Forest Manor
Contributors:
Herbert W. Simpson, attributed architect
Dates:
1899-1904
Location:
Belhaven, Beaufort County
Street Address:
E. Main St. at Riverview, Belhaven, NC
Status:
Standing
Type:
Residential
Images Published In:
Catherine W. Bishir and Michael T. Southern, A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Eastern North Carolina (1996).
Note:
Although not documented as Simpson’s work, the large Southern Colonial residence, built for John Aaron Wilkinson, president of the Roper Lumber Company, resembles his other houses of the period, and the circumstances of its date, location, and type of client also fit Simpson’s patronage patterns.
