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Antebellum
Most ante-bellum houses,
meaning there were built before the outbreak of
the Civil War, are the Federal style, as far as
grand houses are concerned. They are generally symmetrical
and boxy. They have center entrances on the front
and rear, evenly spaced windows,
gable roofs,
and end chimneys. Two good examples in Mecklenburg
County are Cedar Grove and Oaklawn.
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