It houses the office of the Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina.

[2] It is a 21⁄2-story, Eastlake-style brick dwelling with a four-story tower and numerous two-story projections.

It features a one-story hip-roof Eastlake movement style front porch.

In 1928, the house was purchased by Annie Sloan Hartness, the wife of North Carolina Secretary of State James A.

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