John P. Lawrence Plantation
John P. Lawrence Plantation is a historic tobacco plantation house and national historic district located near Grissom, Granville County, North Carolina. The house was built about 1845, and is a two-story, three bay, "T"-plan, heavy timber frame Greek Revival style dwelling. It has a low hipped roof, brick-walled basement, and one-story front porch with a hipped roof. Also on the property are the contributing smokehouse, kitchen, schoolhouse, corn crib, and gambrel roofed stable.[2]
John P. Lawrence Plantation | |
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| Location | NC 1700, near Grissom, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 36°06′56″N 78°35′31″W |
| Area | 8.5 acres (3.4 ha) |
| Built | c. 1845 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| MPS | Granville County MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 88001264[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 31, 1988 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- Marvin A. Brown and Patricia Esperon (August 1987). "John P. Lawrence Plantation" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.
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