Marcus Royster Plantation
Marcus Royster Plantation | |
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| Location | NC 96, near Wilbourns, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 36°28′16″N 78°43′40″W / 36.47111°N 78.72778°W |
| Area | 307 acres (124 ha) |
| Built | c. 1850 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| MPS | Granville County MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 88000409[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 28, 1988 |
Marcus Royster Plantation is a historic tobacco plantation house and national historic district located near Wilbourns, Granville County, North Carolina. The house was built about 1850, and is a two-story, three-bay, "T"-plan, heavy timber frame Greek Revival style dwelling. It has a low hipped roof and classical portico. Also on the property are the contributing air-curing barn, smokehouse, two log tobacco barns, log corn crib, two frame barns, a small log barn, frame smokehouse, and a frame former tenant house.[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). "Marcus Royster Plantation" (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
- Plantations 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
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
- Research Triangle region, North Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs