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Historic house in North Carolina, United States United States historic place
Grimesland Plantation
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Grimesland Plantation, November 2014
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LocationEast of Grimesland on SR 1569, near Grimesland, North Carolina
Coordinates35°33′22″N 77°10′02″W / 35.55611°N 77.16722°W / 35.55611; -77.16722
Area15 acres (6.1 ha)
Builtc. 1790 (1790)
Built byGrimes, William
NRHP reference No.71000616
Added to NRHPMarch 31, 1971

Grimesland Plantation is a historic plantation house located near Grimesland, Pitt County, North Carolina. It was built about 1790, and is a two-story, frame dwelling sheathed in weatherboard and with flanking exterior gable end brick chimneys. It has Greek Revival period flanking one-story, hip roofed wings, a two-story rear addition, and one-story front verandah. Also on the property are a row of frame slave quarters and a stone smokehouse. It was the home of Confederate army general officer Bryan Grimes (1828-1880).

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. John B. Wells and Greer Suttlemyre (December 1970). "Grimesland Plantation" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
U.S. National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
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