Avirett-Stephens Plantation

Avirett-Stephens Plantation
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Location	US 258/24 .25 miles N of NC 1227, near Richlands, North Carolina
Coordinates	34°51′04″N 77°32′07″W / 34.85111°N 77.53528°W / 34.85111; -77.53528Coordinates: 34°51′04″N 77°32′07″W / 34.85111°N 77.53528°W / 34.85111; -77.53528
Area	83 acres (34 ha)
Built	1851 (1851)
Architectural style	Greek Revival
MPS	Onslow County MPS
NRHP Reference #	91000465^[1]
Added to NRHP	April 18, 1991

Avirett-Stephens Plantation is a historic plantation complex and national historic district located near Richlands, Onslow County, North Carolina. The plantation house was built in 1851, and is a two-story, five bay, double-pile Greek Revival style frame dwelling. It is sheathed in pine board-and-batten and sits on a brick pier foundation. It features a wide two-tiered porch with a shallow hipped roof. Other contributing resources are antebellum cistern, family cemetery, and surrounding farmland.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.^[1]

References

1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Mary Ellen Polson and Claudia R. Brown (April 1989). "Avirett-Stephens Plantation" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.

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