Potts Plantation

Potts Plantation
Location South of Davidson and southwest of Cornelius, between NC 2693 and NC 115, near Cornelius, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°28′45″N 80°50′13″W / 35.47917°N 80.83694°W / 35.47917; -80.83694Coordinates: 35°28′45″N 80°50′13″W / 35.47917°N 80.83694°W / 35.47917; -80.83694
Area 510.7 acres (206.7 ha)
Built 1753 (1753), 1811
Built by McGee, Jack
Architectural style Federal, Late Victorian, Colonial Revival
MPS Rural Mecklenburg County MPS
NRHP Reference # 97001561[1]
Added to NRHP January 5, 1998

Potts Plantation is a historic plantation complex and national historic district located near Cornelius, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 11 contributing buildings, 12 contributing sites, and 4 contributing structures in rural Mecklenburg County. The plantation seat was built in 1811, and consists of a two-story, three bay, weatherboarded log house on a low brick foundation with flanking one-story wings added in 1947. The house has Federal, Late Victorian, and Colonial Revival style design elements. Associated with the plantation seat are the contributing smokehouse (c. 1811 – 1820), dependency, poultry house (c. 1920 – 1940), double-pen log barn work area, and corn crib (c. 1900 – 1920). Other notable contributing resources are the Slave Cemetery, five tenant complexes, the Smith Cottage Complex (c. 1891 – 1961), Smith Cottage (c. 1891), and Potts Cemetery (1946). The Potts Plantation has been the property of the Potts family since 1753.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Davvd Foard Hood (April 1997). "Potts Plantation" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.


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