John P. Lawrence Plantation
John P. Lawrence Plantation | |
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Location | NC 1700, near Grissom, North Carolina |
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Coordinates | 36°06′56″N 78°35′31″W / 36.11556°N 78.59194°WCoordinates: 36°06′56″N 78°35′31″W / 36.11556°N 78.59194°W |
Area | 8.5 acres (3.4 ha) |
Built | c. 1845 |
Architectural style | Greek Revival |
MPS | Granville County MPS |
NRHP Reference # | 88001264[1] |
Added to NRHP | August 31, 1988 |
John P. Lawrence Plantation is a historic tobacco plantation house and national historic district located near Grissom, Granville County, North Carolina. The house was built about 1845, and is a two-story, three bay, "T"-plan, heavy timber frame Greek Revival style dwelling. It has a low hipped roof, brick-walled basement, and one-story front porch with a hipped roof. Also on the property are the contributing smokehouse, kitchen, schoolhouse, corn crib, and gambrel roofed stable.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]
References
- 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ Marvin A. Brown and Patricia Esperon (August 1987). "John P. Lawrence Plantation" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.
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