Thomas and Lois Wheless House
Louisburg, United States
Exterior only
Visible from the street; the inside is private.
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Located in Louisburg, Franklin County, North Carolina, the Thomas and Lois Wheless House is a one-story Modern Movement residence built in 1954–1955. The rectangular dwelling exemplifies mid-century modernism through its restrained material palette of glass, wood, and stone, paired with a low-pitched gable roof and concrete-slab foundation. Measuring 30 feet wide by 72 feet deep, the house represents the residential modernism that gained prominence in post-war America. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.
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- Built
- Type
- house
- Heritage
- National Register of Historic Places listed place
- Place
- Louisburg, United States
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