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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).
Horne Creek Farm is a historical farm near Pinnacle, Surry County, North Carolina. The farm is a North Carolina State Historic Site that belongs to the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources , and it is operated to depict farm life in the northwest Piedmont area c. 1900 .
Diospyros virginiana is a persimmon species commonly called the American persimmon, [3] common persimmon, [4] eastern persimmon, simmon, possumwood, possum apples, [5] or sugar plum. [6] It ranges from southern Connecticut to Florida , and west to Texas , Louisiana , Oklahoma , Kansas , and Iowa .
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.
Knox Farm Historic District is a historic farm complex and national historic district located near Cleveland, Rowan County, North Carolina. The Robert Knox House was built between 1854 and 1856, and is a two-story, single-pile, three-bay vernacular Greek Revival style frame dwelling. It has a two-story rear ell, one-story rear kitchen ell.
Charles F. and Howard Cates Farm, also known as Swathmoor Farm, is a historic farm complex and national historic district located near Mebane, Alamance County, North Carolina. It encompasses 11 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 5 contributing structures on a farm near Mebane.
Moore County Hunt Lands and Mile-Away Farms, also known as Mile-Away Farms, is a national historic district located near Southern Pines, Moore County, North Carolina.It encompasses 13 contributing buildings, 4 contributing sites, and 5 contributing structures on recreational hunt lands and an assemblage of equine farms and facilities near Southern Pines.
John N. Peterson Farm is a historic home, farm, and national historic district located near Poplar, Mitchell County, North Carolina. The farmhouse was built about 1870, and is a two-story, three-bay, single pile I-house with vernacular folk Victorian sawn detailing. The front facade features a double-tier, semi-engaged, broken-slope, shed ...