Cove Grove

Cove Grove
Cove Grove, HABS photo, July 1940
Location E of Hertford near SR 1301 and 1302, near Hertford, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°11′02″N 76°25′02″W / 36.18389°N 76.41722°W / 36.18389; -76.41722Coordinates: 36°11′02″N 76°25′02″W / 36.18389°N 76.41722°W / 36.18389; -76.41722
Area 20 acres (8.1 ha)
Built c. 1830 (1830)
Built by Benjamin Smith Skinner
Architectural style Greek Revival, Federal
NRHP Reference # 74001366[1]
Added to NRHP August 7, 1974

Cove Grove is a historic plantation house located near Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina. It was built about 1830, and is a two-story, five bay, transitional Federal / Greek Revival style frame dwelling. It has a gable roof and features front and rear full-height porticoes supported by Ionic order columns.[2]

The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1] It is located in the Old Neck Historic District.

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Survey and Planning Unit Staff (March 1974). "Cove Grove" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.

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