Mount Prospect (Leggett, North Carolina)


Mount Prospect
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Jct. of SR 1409 and SR 1428, near Leggett, North Carolina
Coordinates	36°00′27″N 77°38′29″W / 36.00750°N 77.64139°W / 36.00750; -77.64139Coordinates: 36°00′27″N 77°38′29″W / 36.00750°N 77.64139°W / 36.00750; -77.64139
Area	10 acres (4.0 ha)
Built	c. 1772 (1772)
Architectural style	Georgian, Late Georgian
NRHP Reference #	74001347^[1]
Added to NRHP	November 20, 1974

Mount Prospect, also known as the Exum Lewis House, was a historic plantation house located near Leggett, Edgecombe County, North Carolina. It was built about 1772, and was a two-story, five bay, Late Georgian style frame dwelling. It had a Quaker Plan; two-story, 19th century addition; and a one-story hip roofed front porch. Also on the property are the contributing family cemetery, a smokehouse, barn, brick dairy, and office.^[2] The house burned and was torn down in 1976.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Survey and P1anning Unit Staff (September 1974). "Mount Prospect" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.

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