Belvidere Plantation House

Belvidere Plantation House
Location Off SR 1565, near Hampstead, North Carolina
Coordinates 34°23′5″N 77°38′51″W / 34.38472°N 77.64750°W / 34.38472; -77.64750Coordinates: 34°23′5″N 77°38′51″W / 34.38472°N 77.64750°W / 34.38472; -77.64750
Area 152.9 acres (61.9 ha)
Built c. 1810 (1810)
Architectural style Greek Revival, Georgian, Federal
NRHP Reference # 82003495[1]
Added to NRHP June 14, 1982

Belvidere Plantation House, also known as the Merrick-Nixon House, is a historic plantation house located near Hampstead, Pender County, North Carolina. It was built about 1810, and is a 1 1/2-story, three bay, gambrel-roofed dwelling with Georgian, Federal, and Greek Revival style design elements. It is sheathed in weatherboard and has exterior end chimneys and a shed-roofed front porch.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Renee Gledhill-Earley and Walter D. Best (April 1981). "Belvidere Plantation House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.


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