Jesse Benbow House

Jesse Benbow House (HM10RA)

Location: Oak Ridge, NC 27310 Guilford County
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Country: United States of America
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N 36° 9.9', W 80° 0.12'

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1858

Jesse Benbow was born in 1815 to Charles and Mary (Saunders) Benbow. In 1838 Jesse married Ann Clark and they had seven children.

Jesse designed the house using oak trees from the property for the joists and foundation, and clay from the Haw River to make the bricks. In 1852, along with the help of other residents, Jesse opened the doors of Oak Ridge Institute, which is now Oak Ridge Military Academy.

Jesse loved this land and was a farmer, raising cattle and hogs. Jesse died in 1900 at the age of 85. Ann died two years later.

This house is also on the National Register of Historic Places and Guilford County Historic Landmarks
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HM NumberHM10RA
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Placed ByTown of Oak Ridge
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Date Added Saturday, October 18th, 2014 at 11:04am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17S E 589761 N 4002710
Decimal Degrees36.16500000, -80.00200000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 36° 9.9', W 80° 0.12'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds36° 9' 54.00" N, 80° 0' 7.20" W
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Area Code(s)336
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 1935-1961 Oak Ridge Rd, Oak Ridge NC 27310, US
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