Edgewood (Grassy Creek, North Carolina)
Edgewood | |
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| Location | NC 1437, near Grassy Creek, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 36°30′27″N 78°38′08″W / 36.50750°N 78.63556°W |
| Area | 8 acres (3.2 ha) |
| Built | 1858 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival, Italianate |
| MPS | Granville County MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 88000421[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 28, 1988 |
Edgewood is a historic tobacco plantation house and national historic district located near Grassy Creek, Granville County, North Carolina. The house was built about 1858, and is a two-story, double pile, Greek Revival style frame dwelling with Italianate style design elements. It has a low hipped roof pierced by two interior brick chimneys. Also on the property are the contributing meat house, "wash house," two stables, brooder house, ice house, two chicken houses, two corn cribs, and a hay barn.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Marvin A. Brown and Patricia Esperon (August 1987). "Edgewood" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
Categories:
- Tobacco plantations in the United States
- Plantation houses in North Carolina
- Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
- Greek Revival houses in North Carolina
- Italianate architecture in North Carolina
- Houses completed in 1858
- Houses in Granville County, North Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in Granville County, North Carolina
- Research Triangle region, North Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs