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North Carolina plantation were identified by name, beginning in the 17th century. The names of families or nearby rivers or other features were used. The names assisted the owners and local record keepers in keeping track of specific parcels of land. In the early 1900s, there were 328 plantations identified in North Carolina from extant records.
Edenton Historic District is a national historic district located at Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 342 contributing buildings, 4 contributing sites, and 3 contributing structures. It includes several buildings that are individually listed on the National Register.
April 15, 1970 (408 S. Broad St. Edenton: 7: Edenton Cotton Mill Historic District: Edenton Cotton Mill Historic District: February 5, 1999 (Bounded by E. Church St., Bount's Creek, Queen Anne's Creek, and Wood Ave.
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 plantation house is privately owned, but was designated a National Historic Landmark on November 7, 1973, and added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 26, 1974. [ 2 ] [ 5 ] Hayes is located east of Edenton, overlooking Edenton Bay to the south and Queen Annes Creek to the north.
In fact, a document from the North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office mentions census records that indicate that Charles Lewis Hinton enslaved 126 Africans on Midway Plantation in 1860.
Sandy Point is a historic plantation house located near Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina. It was built about 1810 and later expanded. It is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story, five-bay, Federal / Greek Revival style frame dwelling with a center hall plan. The front facade features a two-tiered full-length porch and the house has two exterior end ...
It should be noted that there are over 200 antebellum (pre-Civil War period) former plantation homes still standing in North Carolina, most privately owned and not open to the public (with the exception of several house museums and B&B's).