Latta Plantation
Latta House | |
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| Location | 6 miles S of Huntersville on SR 2125, near Huntersville, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°21′16″N 80°55′50″W / 35.35444°N 80.93056°WCoordinates: 35°21′16″N 80°55′50″W / 35.35444°N 80.93056°W |
| Built | c. 1800 |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| NRHP reference No. | 72000978[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 16, 1972 |
The Latta Plantation, also known as Latta House, is a historic house located in Huntersville, North Carolina near Mountain Island Lake. Built in about 1800 in a Federal style,[2] the plantation also contains some elements of Georgian design, including the house's main staircase.[3]
The house and its environs are currently used as a living history exhibit and museum dedicated to exhibiting the facets of daily life in the antebellum North Carolina Piedmont. Historic Latta Plantation hosts a variety of living history events throughout the year, including battle reenactments, summer camps, and homeschool programs. The site is operated by a nonprofit corporation, but the land is owned by Mecklenburg County, and maintained by the Mecklenburg County Parks and Recreation department.[4] The property also houses the Ezekiel Alexander Log Home, a log building built between 1760 and 1790, that formerly sat in nearby Charlotte.[4]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Bishir & Southern 2003, pp. 526–27.
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form" (PDF). North Carolina Listings in the National Register of Historic Places. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
- ^ a b "Historic Latta Plantation". Archived from the original on 1 July 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
Further reading[]
- Bishir, Catherine W.; Southern, Michael T. (2003). A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Piedmont North Carolina. The Richard Hampton Jenrette Series in Architectural and Decorative Arts. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 0-8078-5444-1.
External links[]
Media related to Latta Plantation at Wikimedia Commons
- Historic Latta Plantation - official site
- Plantation houses in North Carolina
- Houses in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
- Federal architecture in North Carolina
- Houses completed in 1800
- Museums in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
- Historic house museums in North Carolina
- Living museums in North Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
- Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs