Shaw House (Shawboro, North Carolina)

Shaw House, also known as Cupola House, is a historic home located at Shawboro, Currituck County, North Carolina. It was built about 1885, and is a two-story, three bay by two bay, Italianate style frame dwelling on a brick foundation. It features a three-story tower and has a two-story rear wing. Also on the property are three contributing outbuildings and a well.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

Defining Elements

 * 1) modest vernacular residential form
 * 2) asymmetrical front entrance
 * 3) specific cladding feature
 * 4) later renovations to the front verandah
 * 5) square verandah columns
 * 6) irregular fenestration
 * 7) small window at front entry
 * 8) fifteen-pane French front entry door
 * 9) internal red brick chimney with corbelled cap