Brookland is a historic tobacco plantation complex and national historic district located near Grassy Creek, Granville County, North Carolina. The plantation house was built about 1817, and is a two-story, four-bay, heavy timber frame Georgian / Federal style dwelling. It has a gable roof, hall-and-parlor plan, and cut stone exterior end chimneys. Also on the property are the contributing kitchen, smokehouse, schoolhouse, three log tobacco barns, log striphouse, log stable, hay barn, chicken house, and a frame smokehouse.[2]
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| Location | NC 1443, near Grassy Creek, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 36°31′03″N 78°34′32″W / 36.51750°N 78.57556°W |
| Area | 23 acres (9.3 ha) |
| Built | 1817 |
| Architectural style | Georgian, Federal |
| MPS | Granville County MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 88000412[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 28, 1988 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Marvin A. Brown and Patricia Esperon (August 1987). "Brookland" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved November 1, 2014.