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The Orton Plantation is a historic plantation house in the Smithville Township of Brunswick County, North Carolina, United States. Located beside the Cape Fear River between Wilmington and Southport , Orton Plantation is considered to be a near-perfect example of Southern antebellum architecture.
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).
Orton's Plantation or Orton's Point Light was built in 1849 at the west bank of the Cape Fear River at Orton's Plantation (located between Wilmington and Southport). It was destroyed toward the ...
Oldest brick house in North Carolina.National Register of Historic Places, 1971. [3] Myers-White House: Hertford: 1730 House National Register of Historic Places, 1971. [4] St. Thomas Church: Bath: 1734 Religious Oldest surviving church building in North Carolina. Orton Plantation Main House Winnabow: 1735 House [2] St. Paul's Church: Edenton ...
The script called for a Southern-style, antebellum plantation house as a prominent location, and when flipping through a magazine Capra happened upon a picture of Orton Plantation in Brunswick County.
Winnabow is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Brunswick County in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is mainly a farming community along U.S. Route 17. There is no large retail presence in the area, except a Han Dee Hugo's convenience store at the intersection of NC 87 and US 17 South. Mill Creek Farm and Garden ...
This list includes properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Brunswick County, North Carolina. Click the "Map of all coordinates" link to the right to view an online map of all properties and districts with latitude and longitude coordinates in the table below. [1]
This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the United States of America that are national memorials, National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places or other heritage register, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design.