Buxton Place is a historic plantation / farm complex and national historic district located near Inez, Warren County, North Carolina. The main house was built by John A. Waddell, an associate of Jacob W. Holt, starting about 1857. It is a two-story, double pile, Greek Revival / Italianate style frame dwelling. It has a low hipped roof and nearly full width front porch. Other contributing resources are the mid-19th century smokehouse, water tower (1918), barn (c. 1942), carriage house (c. 1930), chicken house (c. 1940), service station/store (c. 1930), a slave house or kitchen (mid-19th century), cotton gin (c. 1930), packhouse (c. 1940), workshop (c, 1930), family cemetery, and the agricultural landscape.[2]
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| Location | NC 58 W side, 0.2 miles N of jct. with NC 1628, near Inez, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 36°14′30″N 78°6′22″W / 36.24167°N 78.10611°W |
| Area | 795.1 acres (321.8 ha) |
| Built | c. 1857 |
| Built by | John A. Waddell, Jacob W. Holt |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival, Italianate |
| NRHP reference No. | 93000323[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 22, 1993 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Beth P. Thomas (December 1992). "Buxton Place" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved June 1, 2015.