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Fort Defiance is a historic plantation house located near Lenoir, Caldwell County, North Carolina. The main block was built between 1788 and 1792, and is a two-story, frame structure measuring 28 feet by 40 feet. A wing was added in 1823. It was the home of Revolutionary War General William Lenoir. The property was transferred to the Caldwell ...
Fort Defiance: Fort Defiance: September 15, 1970 : N of Lenoir on NC 268 ... List of National Historic Landmarks in North Carolina; References
This is a list of structures, sites, districts, and objects on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina: . As of May 1, 2015, there are more than 2,900 properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in all 100 North Carolina counties, including 39 National Historic Landmarks, two National Historic Sites, one National Military Park, one National ...
Lenoir was established in 1841 and incorporated in 1851. The city was named for Revolutionary War general and early North Carolina statesman William Lenoir, [8] who settled north of present-day Lenoir. His restored home, Fort Defiance, is a tourist attraction. [9]
Barker House (Edenton, North Carolina) Beaufort Historic Site; Bellamy Mansion; Biltmore Estate; ... Fort Defiance (Lenoir, North Carolina) Edwards–Franklin House; G.
North Carolina: 268.49 acres (1.0865 km 2) Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site is located in the village of Flat Rock, North Carolina, and preserves Connemara, the home of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and writer Carl Sandburg. Sandburg and his family moved here in 1945 for the peace and solitude needed for his writing and for the roughly ...
Fort Defiance (Maryland), a War of 1812 fort on the Elk River; Fort Defiance (Massachusetts), a 19th-century fort in Gloucester; Fort Defiance (Brooklyn), a fort in the neighborhood of Red Hook, Brooklyn, New York during the American Revolution; Fort Defiance (Lenoir, North Carolina), former plantation home of General William Lenoir; Fort ...
North Carolina Senate; In office 1790–1795: Preceded by: Charles Johnson: Succeeded by: Benjamin Smith: Personal details; Born May 8, 1751 Brunswick County, Colony of Virginia: Died: May 6, 1839 (aged 87) Fort Defiance, Caldwell County, North Carolina: Resting place: Fort Defiance Cemetery Lenoir, North Carolina: Spouse: Ann Ballard: Relations