John P. Lawrence Plantation

John P. Lawrence Plantation
Location NC 1700, near Grissom, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°06′56″N 78°35′31″W / 36.11556°N 78.59194°W / 36.11556; -78.59194Coordinates: 36°06′56″N 78°35′31″W / 36.11556°N 78.59194°W / 36.11556; -78.59194
Area 8.5 acres (3.4 ha)
Built c. 1845 (1845)
Architectural style Greek Revival
MPS Granville County MPS
NRHP Reference # 88001264[1]
Added to NRHP August 31, 1988

John P. Lawrence Plantation is a historic tobacco plantation house and national historic district located near Grissom, Granville County, North Carolina. The house was built about 1845, and is a two-story, three bay, "T"-plan, heavy timber frame Greek Revival style dwelling. It has a low hipped roof, brick-walled basement, and one-story front porch with a hipped roof. Also on the property are the contributing smokehouse, kitchen, schoolhouse, corn crib, and gambrel roofed stable.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Marvin A. Brown and Patricia Esperon (August 1987). "John P. Lawrence Plantation" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.


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