Brown-Cowles House and Cowles Law Office explained

Brown-Cowles House and Cowles Law Office, also known as the Paul Osborne House and Law and Bride Cottage, is a historic home and law office located at Wilkesboro in Wilkes County, North Carolina, United States. The Cowles Law Office was built about 1871, and is a small one-story frame building with gable roof and single-shoulder end chimney. The original section of the Brown-Cowles House was built about 1834, and enlarged with a two-story wing by 1885 and enlarged again between 1920 and 1926. It is a two-story frame dwelling with Federal style detailing. Also on the property are the contributing curing house and kitchen. It was the home of William H. H. Cowles (1840-1901), a lawyer and four-term Congressman during the 1880s and 1890s.^[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

See also

• Alfred Moore Scales Law Office: NRHP listing in Madison, North Carolina
• Thomas B. Finley Law Office: NRHP listing also in Wilkesboro, North Carolina
• Archibald Henderson Law Office: NRHP listing in Salisbury, North Carolina
• Nash Law Office: NRHP listing in Hillsborough, North Carolina
• Zollicoffer's Law Office: NRHP listing in Henderson, North Carolina
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Wilkes County, North Carolina

Notes and References

1. Web site: Laura A. W. Phillips. Brown-Cowles House and Cowles Law Office. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . May 1980 . pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2015-07-01.