Grimesland Plantation

Grimesland Plantation

Grimesland Plantation, November 2014
Location East of Grimesland on SR 1569, near Grimesland, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°33′22″N 77°10′02″W / 35.55611°N 77.16722°W / 35.55611; -77.16722Coordinates: 35°33′22″N 77°10′02″W / 35.55611°N 77.16722°W / 35.55611; -77.16722
Area 15 acres (6.1 ha)
Built c. 1790 (1790)
Built by Grimes, William
NRHP Reference # 71000616[1]
Added to NRHP March 31, 1971

Grimesland Plantation is a historic plantation house located near Grimesland, Pitt County, North Carolina. It was built about 1790, and is a two-story, frame dwelling sheathed in weatherboard and with flanking exterior gable end brick chimneys. It has Greek Revival period flanking one-story, hip roofed wings, a two-story rear addition, and one-story front verandah. Also on the property are a row of frame slave quarters and a stone smokehouse. It was the home of Confederate army general officer Bryan Grimes (1828-1880).[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. John B. Wells and Greer Suttlemyre (December 1970). "Grimesland Plantation" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.


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