Lewis Wimbish Plantation
Lewis Wimbish Plantation | |
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| Location | NC 1443, near Grassy Creek, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 36°31′21″N 78°35′22″W / 36.52250°N 78.58944°W |
| Area | 31 acres (13 ha) |
| Built | c. 1850 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| MPS | Granville County MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 88000418[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 28, 1988 |
Lewis Wimbish Plantation was a historic tobacco plantation house and national historic district located near Grassy Creek, Granville County, North Carolina. The house was built about 1850, and was a two-story, three bay, "T"-plan, heavy timber frame Greek Revival style dwelling. It had a low hipped roof and front portico with four round columns and two pilasters. Also on the property were the contributing privy, outbuilding, hipped roof barn, stable, corn crib, tobacco barn, chicken house, and overseer's house.[2] It has been demolished.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]
References
- ^ 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). "Lewis Wimbish Plantation" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.
Categories:
- Tobacco in the United States
- Plantation houses in North Carolina
- Houses 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
- Houses completed in 1850
- 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