Brown-Cowles House and Cowles Law Office | |
 Facade, seen from the street | |
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| Location | 200 and 106 E. Main St., Wilkesboro, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 36°8′57″N 81°9′1″W / 36.14917°N 81.15028°W |
| Area | 1.3 acres (0.53 ha) |
| Built | c. 1834, c. 1871 |
| Architectural style | Late Victorian, Federal |
| MPS | Wilkesboro MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 82003522[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 24, 1982 |
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.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]
