Desserette

Desserette
Location SW side of SR 1320 near jct. with SR 1318, near White Oak, North Carolina
Coordinates 34°47′57″N 78°46′13″W / 34.79917°N 78.77028°W / 34.79917; -78.77028Coordinates: 34°47′57″N 78°46′13″W / 34.79917°N 78.77028°W / 34.79917; -78.77028
Area 125.7 acres (50.9 ha)
Built c. 1840 (1840)
Architectural style Greek Revival
NRHP Reference # 87001786[1]
Added to NRHP October 7, 1987

Desserette is a historic plantation house and national historic district located near White Oak, Bladen County, North Carolina. The house was built about 1840, and is a two-story, frame double-pile house in the Greek Revival style. It rests on a brick pier foundation and has a hipped roof. Also on the property are the contributing kitchen, meathouse, log barn, and family cemetery.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Kathy Goddard, Davyd Foard Hood, and Jerry Cross (August 1987). "Desserette" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.


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