Marcus Royster Plantation

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Marcus Royster Plantation
Marcus Royster Plantation is located in North Carolina
Marcus Royster Plantation
LocationNC 96, near Wilbourns, North Carolina
Coordinates36°28′16″N 78°43′40″W / 36.47111°N 78.72778°W / 36.47111; -78.72778Coordinates: 36°28′16″N 78°43′40″W / 36.47111°N 78.72778°W / 36.47111; -78.72778
Area307 acres (124 ha)
Builtc. 1850 (1850)
Architectural styleGreek Revival
MPSGranville County MPS
NRHP reference No.88000409[1]
Added to NRHPApril 28, 1988

Marcus Royster Plantation is a historic tobacco plantation house and national historic district located near Wilbourns, Granville County, North Carolina. The house was built about 1850, and is a two-story, three bay, "T"-plan, heavy timber frame Greek Revival style dwelling. It has a low hipped roof and classical portico. Also on the property are the contributing air-curing barn, smokehouse, two log tobacco barns, log corn crib, two frame barns, a small log barn, frame smokehouse, and a frame former tenant house.[2]

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

References[]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Marvin A. Brown and Patricia Esperon (August 1987). "Marcus Royster Plantation" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.
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