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From 1779 it was known as Gates Courthouse until its incorporation in 1830 as Gatesville, [6] being named for Horatio Gates, a commander in the American Revolutionary War. [ 7 ] The Elmwood Plantation , Eure-Roberts House , Gates County Courthouse , Roberts-Carter House , Rountree Family Farm and Reid's Grove School are listed on the National ...
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Gates County is a county located in the northeastern portion of the U.S. state of North Carolina, on the border with Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,478, [1] making it the fifth-least populous county in North Carolina. Its county seat is Gatesville. [2]
East of Gatesville near junction of SR 1400 and NC 37 36°23′39″N 76°41′58″W / 36.394167°N 76.699444°W / 36.394167; -76.699444 ( Elmwood Plantation Gatesville
Elmwood Plantation is a historic plantation house located near Gatesville, Gates County, North Carolina. It was built about 1822, and is a two-story, three-bay, Federal period frame building. It has a side-hall plan and a two-story, two-bay, rectangular side wing.
Rountree Family Farm, also known as the Alfred Patrick Rountree Farm, is a historic farm complex located near Gatesville, Gates County, North Carolina.The property consists of the property, buildings and outbuildings constructed by four generations of the descendants of Abner Rountree who acquired the family's original holding here in 1800.
Gates County Courthouse is a historic courthouse building located at Gatesville, Gates County, North Carolina. It was built in 1836, and is a two-story, T-shaped, seven-bay, Federal style brick building. It has a three-bay central projecting entrance pavilion and a delicate cast-iron second floor balcony added in 1904. [2]
In the early 1900s, there were 328 plantations identified in North Carolina from extant records. [ 10 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] The Sloop Point plantation in Pender County, built in 1729, is the oldest surviving plantation house and the second oldest house surviving in North Carolina, after the Lane House (built in 1718–1719 and not part of a plantation).