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105 Cromartie Road
Elizabethtown, NC 28337

R E D U C E D

The McDowell House
Bladen County’s Oldest Plantation Home

Price: $ 399,900



Style - Colonial
S/F - 4,869 Heated
Lot Size - 360 x 200
Year Built - 1840

Bedrooms - 4
Baths - 3.5
Great Room - Yes, Formal
Living Room - Yes
Dining Room - Yes
Kitchen - Yes
Appliances - Range, D/W, Refrigerator, Stove & Icemaker
Water - City
Sewer - City
Fireplace(s) - Yes

Utility - W/D Hook-Ups
Heat - Heat Pump (New in 2007)
Air Conditioning - Central (New in 2007)
Ceiling Fan(s) - Yes
Flooring - Beautiful Pine Heart Flooring
Porch/Deck - 320 S/F Sunporch & 240 S/F Enclosed Porch
Storage - 358 S/F Room Under Carport Swimming Pool - No
Carport - Yes - 918 S/F (39.8 x 238)
Garage - No


Extras: 5,256 total S/F - 4,869 S/F heated space.

Comments: You must see this breathtaking piece of history!! See historical facts that accompany this sheet.

Historical  Points of Interest:  

  • Built  during  the  middle  of  the  18th  century  

  • Secured  by  British  Loyalist  and  said  to  have  housed  General  Cornwallis  during  Bladen  County’s  battle  between  the  Tories  and  the Whigs,  known  as  “The  Battle  of  Elizabeth  Town”  in  August  of  1781  

  • Further  additions  to  the  home  completed  in  1854  

  • Served  as  a  hospital  during  the  Civil  War  

  • Owned  by  Confederate  Colonel  John  A.  McDowell  

Historical  Preservation:  

  • All  original  construction  with  modern  additions  

  • Original  heart‐pine  floors  

  • Many  original  doors,  hardware,  window  panes,  etc.  

  • The  den’s  fireplace  mantel  constructed  from  one  of  the  home’s  original  sub‐floor  beams  

The  Home:  

  • 5,256  square  feet  

  • 4  bedrooms  (1  master  downstairs,  3  upstairs  –  one  with  fireplace)  

  • 3.5  baths  

  • 3  car  garage  with  storage  

  • 12  foot  ceilings  (original  tongue  &  groove  ceilings  with  heavy  crown  molding)  

  • 4  fire  places  

  • Kitchen  with  dining  area  

  • Downstairs  master  bedroom  w/  French  doors  onto  porch,  master  bath  with  whirl  pool  tub,  shower,  walk‐in  closet  

  • Grand  foyer  

  • Downstairs  den  (fireplace  w/  gas  logs)  &  upstairs  den  

  • Formal  living  room  (fireplace  w/  gas  logs)  

  • Formal  dining  room  (fireplace  w/  gas  logs)  

  •  1  sun  room  (located  off  of  kitchen)  

  •  1  screened  porch  (located  off  of  master  bedroom  /  den)  

  •  Front  porch  &  upstairs  balcony  

  •  Downstairs  butler’s  pantry  (laundry  room  /  bar)  &  upstairs  laundry  room  

  •  All  new  HVAC  upstairs  &  downstairs  

  •  Gazebo  in  side  yard  

  •  1.65  acres  (2  lots:  home  lot  =  210’  W  x  200’  D  /  side  lot  =  150’  W  x  200’  D)  











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