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Th3 Governor David S. Reid House is a b"TO-S tory d frame of th3 late Victorian period, occupying a shaded corner beside the r,3,ilroad tracks on ~.IJarket Street in Reidsville. The Narket street (~1T8st) facade, three bays 't\Tide) j.s the major elevation, and the Lalivson,D.lle Avenue (south) facade of the same '];,Tidth functions as a secondary focus Th3 one-story shed projecting from the north bay of the rear and the one-story kitchen li.Jing projecting from the south bay of the rear are apparently original to the house , although each has been extended at a later date 0

The house is S8t on a lmv brick foundation, covered Hi th plain Siding, and capped m th a gable roof covered wi th standing seam tin 'rhree interior brick chimneys T"ri th molded caps proje ct from the roof . Flat-paneled corner posts 'trith,Doric caps accentuate the facade corners The molded, brack8ted eaves of the main roof form a wide eave return at the gable ends. The main entrance" located in the center bay of the 11arket Street facade, is a double door:, li,Tith round-arched etched glass panels. It is protected by a porch across the tHO north bays of the facade" It has clustered tapered posts joined by arches, supporting a bracket cornice beneath '::1. hip roofo A scnvm'TOrk railing in a sprig0.tly floral design enclose s the porch. The entrance bay of trB porch is surmounted by a pediment Hi til a louvered vent1latorfu Th:] south bay of the '];,Test facade projects as a , having a bay 'HindOlr,T \\Tith bracket cornice at the first story and a 1j1Tinc.1oi"r at the second story uith a scalloped hood. A louvered lunette IT8ntila-Gor is centered in the upper gable end of the projection. The remaining facade 1j,rindmvs are identical but lack hoods.

The LalATsonville Avenue facade has a center bay entrance identical to the l1arket Street entrance, protected by a nearly identical one-bay porch" This elevation 8J1.cl the remaining elevations are treated like the l;fest fae-ade) except that the rear lacks the bracketed frieze

The ki tetten Hing is se t on brick piers) and an interior brick chimney I

proje c ts from the roof Th9 ope nings have plain surrounds, and the north s1,d:s door has h'TO flat vertical panels The breez81j,Tay be tv,reenthe Trlcl.in block a.YJ.d the ki tchen has been enclosed.

The interior of the Reid House is unal tered, retaining not only its original a:('chitectural fabric but much of its original furnishings. Each I'

floOT contains c:m IJ-shaped hall, and at the junction of the crOS3 hall and the center hall is ,3.D arch supported by simple pla,ster corb81~j The dOUble',-flight stair is located in the transverse section of the hall t the €-Jast ~\Tall 'rhe railing of the open-string stair is composed of t:_,Tnsc1 I balu,sters, Q d handrail, and a tLJrned n81ATel. The first flool~ contains tT,u:J rooms on the north side of the center hall a_Dd tr"ro on th3 sonth side,; the second floor cont,3.ins one room on the nort.h side and t:I'TO rooms on the south side 'I'nTougJ.10ut the house are high molded baSe1Y,,)Eu'cls) r !"Jalls) doors \'vi th four flat panels surmoul1ted by b.JO-PCl,rl8 trar;,son1s -' and simple molded archi'tTav8;3o Tne parlor (the front south sj,c1e room) and the 11'111 I cOllt:'!,in plaster cornices and plaster ceilin~ medallions 4 The most. orn3.te I m.ant!31 in the house is in this room" an inlaid marble on8 I m~111.t81s 32'e siT~Y)le 1fTOoden de ~3 ~\ri th raised pane Is l)Y' __ ~ ___ tl~~ ____ J

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This typical Victorian house J the home of Governor David S. Reid from 188l until his death in 1891., is Reid I s on~y remaining residence ~ Reid, an important nine teenth century North CaT'olina political leader, 1j,jas the first Democrat elected governor of the state and is chiefly r("'3membered for liberalizing suffrage by sponsoring the elimination of the property qualifica ti on for sana tori,,?-l suffrage:

Da\l-ld S Reid I s political career spanned forty years J and in this period he served as state senator (1835-1841), Uni ted States congressman -(1843-1847) > governor (1851·~1854), Uni ted States senator (1854-1859), and as a delegate to the Peace Conference (1861), the North Carolina Sece ssion Convention (1861), and the state Consti.tutional Convention (1875)

The hous8 Has constructed by Thomas S Reid, son of David Reid, as his family home Thomas purchased the lot containing 2-83/100 acres from his uncle, Hugh Ie Reid, in 1873. The July 19, 1881} issue of \ive

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Dollar 1rJeekly, the Reidsville ne1J'TSpaper -' contained a notice that young friend Thos S. Reid has given J M ~valker & Co, a contract for a large and elegant pri va te residence on his lot near l1iss E1Th'fla Scale IS

seminary .. II Wi thin the year Thomas and his parents, Governor and ]YIrs Reid, moved into the comple tad house 0

The 1flarge and elegant" house, vIi th its dual facade and sa't'Tn1;,Tork ornament, is in a remarkable state of preservation, for it has remained in the Reid family.; At Thomas Reid I s death in 1930 -' his daughters Helen Re-id Ballard and Henrietta Reid inherited it, and it is still in the possession of the latter rlany of Governor Reid I s personal effects, eluding his library, are in the house

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