The ALLEN DAVIS HOUSE circa 1774

The only double-plaqued house, on Queen Street in Beaufort, is named for the original resident, Allen Davis, and for Major General Ambrose E. Burnside, the Union commander of North Carolina troops during the Civil War. It has been said that Burnside used it as his headquarters during the Federal occupation of the area from 1861 -1873, although this has not been documented.

The home was described by architectural historian Tony Wrenn as a Greek Revival enlargement of a smaller cottage, with decorative Gothic Revival porches.