Perquimans County NcArchives News.....ISAAC WHITE HOUSE  May 22, 2006
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GERALD WIGGINS gwiggins@inteliport.com May 22, 2006, 8:24 pm

THE VIRGIAN PILOT May 22, 2006
BY: FRANK ROBERTS
    CORRESONDENT, FOR THE VIRGINA PILOT, MAY 22, 2006
    ARTICLE READS IN PART;
    HERTFORD-THE ISAAC WHITE HOUSE IS ON THE MOVE FROM PENDER ROAD WHERE IS HAS
BEEN SINCE SOME TIME BEFORE THE REVOLUTION WAR, TO HOILDAY ISLAND ROAD, ABOUT
FIVE MILES AWAY.
    PRE-REVOLUTIONARY IS THE CLOSEST ANYONE HAS BEEN ABLE TO DETERMINING THE 
HOUSE'S DATE OF CONSTRUCTION EXPERTS WILL SOON TRY TO PINPOINT THE ACTUAL DATE
OF THE ISAAC WHITE HOUSE, THE NEW OWNER, PUTS THE DATE AT ABOUT 1773. THE 
UPSTAIRS AND LEFT END OF THE HOUSE WERE ADDED IN THE EARLY 1800'S YOU CAN'T
TELL ONE PART OF THE HOUSE FORM THE OTHER. THE PARLOR AND THE FIRPLACE ARE
ORIGINAL."
    A LOCAL BUSINESSMAN WHO WAS BORN IN PERQUIMANS COUNTY WHO BOUGHT THE 
HISTORIC HOUSE SAID," TO KEEP IT FROM BEING DESTROYED WE"RE TRYING TO SAVE
SOME HISTORY. I USED TO PASS IT EVERY DAY WHEN I WAS DRIVING A SCHOOL BUS.
    THE ISAAC WHITE HOUSE HAS FOUR BEDROOMS AND ONE AND HALF BATHS. THE HOUSE
IS A SIGNIFICANT EXAMPLE VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE. A DOUBLE-TIRED FRONT PORCH,
HARDWOOD FLOORS AND THREE FIRPLACES.
    THE PARLOR HAS A STRIKING NEO-CLASSICAL MANTEL WITH ELABORATE DIAGONAL
CARVING. THE KITCHEN ALREADY HAS BEEN MOVED TO THE HOUSE'S  PERMANENT LOCATION.
ORIGINALLY , IT WAS IN THE SIDE YARD BUT LATER CONNECTED TO HOUSE BY A WALK-WAY
THAT WAY IF IT SHOULD CATCH FIRE, IT WOULD NOT TAKE THE REST OF THE HOUSE WITH
IT.
    JONATHAN SKINNER, A BLACKSMITH WHO IS LISTED AS THE HOUSE'S FIRST OCCUPANT
REPRESENTED PERQUIMANS COUNTY IN THE NORTH CAROLINA HOUSE OF COMMONS IN 1779,
1781,AND 1782 . IN 1781 HE ALSO SERVED AS A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
    AFTER FALLING INTO FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES, HE SOLD THE PROPERTY, IN 1786 TO
WILLIAM WHITE WHO , IN 1794 TURNED IT OVER TO HIS SON, ISACC. HIS DESCENDANTS
OWNED THE PROPERTY UNTIL 1869  WHEN A RELATIVE ANDERSON WHITE, PURCHASED IT ,THE
NEXT OWNER WAS HIS SON THOMAS S. WHITE. IT REMAINED IN THE WHITE FAMILY UNTIL
WALTER'S WHITE DEATH.
    THE HOUSE NEEDS WORK BUT IT'S STRUCTURALLY IN GOOD SHAPE IT'S AN IMPORTANT
PART OF PERQUIMANS COUNTY HISTORY.
    PERQUIMANS COUNTY IS ALSO HOME TO THE STATE'S  OLDEST BRICK HOUSE, THE
NEWBOLD-WHITE HOUSE,IT WAS BUILT IN 1730 . THE NEW OWNER IS CONSIDERING MAKING 
THE HISTORIC ISAAC WHITE HOUSE , CATERING HEADQUARTERS AND / OR RESTAURANT.

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