Walnut Grove, also known as Robeson Plantation, is a historic plantation house complex and national historic district located near Tar Heel, Bladen County, North Carolina. The house was built about 1855, and is a two-story, frame house, five bays wide and four bays deep, in the Greek Revival style. The front and rear facades feature three bay double porches. Also on the property are the contributing dining dependency, kitchen, dairy, smokehouse, barn, well, cold frame, and scalding vat.[2]
Walnut Grove | |
Location | E of Tar Heel on NC 87, near Tar Heel, North Carolina |
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Coordinates | 34°43′52″N 78°46′56″W / 34.73111°N 78.78222°W |
Area | 20 acres (8.1 ha) |
Built | c. 1855 |
Architectural style | Greek Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 75001241[1] |
Added to NRHP | May 29, 1975 |
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Robert·Topkins and Ruth Little-Stokes (March 1975). "Walnut Grove" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved August 1, 2014.