Grimesland Plantation

Grimesland Plantation
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Grimesland Plantation, November 2014

Location	East of Grimesland on SR 1569, near Grimesland, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°33′22″N 77°10′02″W / 35.55611°N 77.16722°W / 35.55611; -77.16722Coordinates: 35°33′22″N 77°10′02″W / 35.55611°N 77.16722°W / 35.55611; -77.16722
Area	15 acres (6.1 ha)
Built	c. 1790 (1790)
Built by	Grimes, William
NRHP Reference #	71000616^[1]
Added to NRHP	March 31, 1971

Grimesland Plantation is a historic plantation house located near Grimesland, Pitt County, North Carolina. It was built about 1790, and is a two-story, frame dwelling sheathed in weatherboard and with flanking exterior gable end brick chimneys. It has Greek Revival period flanking one-story, hip roofed wings, a two-story rear addition, and one-story front verandah. Also on the property are a row of frame slave quarters and a stone smokehouse. It was the home of Confederate army general officer Bryan Grimes (1828-1880).^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.^[1]

References

1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ John B. Wells and Greer Suttlemyre (December 1970). "Grimesland Plantation" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.

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