Beaver Dam (Knightdale, North Carolina)

Beaver Dam is an antebellum plantation house located on the northern edge of present-day Knightdale, Wake County, North Carolina. The house was built circa 1810 by Col. William Hinton, brother of Charles Lewis Hinton who built the nearby Midway Plantation.[2] At its height, Beaver Dam plantation encompassed around 4,000 acres (1,600 ha) and was home to about 50 slaves.[3][4]

Beaver Dam
Beaver Dam viewed from the southeast
Location7081 Forestville Road, Knightdale, North Carolina
Coordinates35°48′32.6″N 78°29′06.8″W
Builtc. 1810
Architectural styleFederal
MPSWake County MPS
NRHP reference No.86003529 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 6, 1987

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1]

In 2005, the house was purchased by Hinton Land, LLC and underwent a 6-month restoration by Lambeth Restoration, HagerSmith Architects, Williams Realty and Building Company, John Stein Painting, Western Cedar Supply, and others.

See also

References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Silver, Charles Hinton. "Midway Plantation". Retrieved 29 September 2012.
  3. Schulz, W. "The Plantation Houses that made up the early Knightdale area" (PDF). Knightdale Historical Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
  4. Virginia Oswald and Jerry L. Cross (September 1986). "Beaver Dam" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-05-01.


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