This gambrel, one-and-a-half-story home is a rare architectural example of an early middle-class Halifax County home and was built of heavy, hand-hewed timbers that rest on brick foundation piers.

This house is significant to the story of Halifax but was originally located near the town of Enfield and moved to Halifax 2021. It is owned by the Historical Halifax Restoration Association (HHRA), which spearheaded a restoration project, raising considerable private funds to restore and develop a living history museum, including a working colonial kitchen and blacksmith shop.

Originally, the c1760 house was built on property owned by Colonel John. Bradford, a delegate to the 4th Provincial Congress and later a representative to the first General Assembly of NC. This is the only residence on the historic site of one of the delegates who voted on the historic Halifax Resolves. His son Reverend Henry Bradford 1761-1837, a lay preacher, lived in this home with his family. Henry Bradford served in the Revolutionary War and was also an early Methodist minister who in 1792, founded Bradford's Chapel. Bishop Francis Asbury, an early proponent of Methodism, was a frequent visitor to the Bradford home. Asbury ordained Henry Bradford as a deacon at nearby Whitakers Chapel in 1804. Supporting the education of women, Reverend Bradford operated the Bradford's Female Academy in the early 1800s.

Source:1. Bradford Denton House Restoration 2. Halifax Historical Restoration Association - Home. Photo Credit: Halifax County Convention Center and Visitors Bureau