Pool Rock Plantation

Pool Rock Plantation
Location NE of Williamsboro on SR 1380, near Williamsboro, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°27′15″N 78°25′4″W / 36.45417°N 78.41778°W / 36.45417; -78.41778Coordinates: 36°27′15″N 78°25′4″W / 36.45417°N 78.41778°W / 36.45417; -78.41778
Area 4.5 acres (1.8 ha)
Built c. 1827 (1827), c. 1855
Built by Holt, Jacob W.
Architectural style Italianate, Federal
NRHP Reference # 78001977[1]
Added to NRHP November 29, 1978

Pool Rock Plantation is a historic plantation house located near Williamsboro, Vance County, North Carolina. It was consists of two, two-story sections. The older was built about 1827, and is a two-story, three bay, Federal style frame structure. It forms the rear section. About 1855, a more ornate two-story, three bay, Italianate style frame structure attributed to Jacob W. Holt (1811-1880). The later section has a shallow hipped roof and overhanging eaves. The two sections are joined by a two-story hallway linker. Also on the property is a contributing one-story, hip roof office building.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Catherine Bishir; Michael Southern & Jerry L. Cross (n.d.). "Pool Rock Plantation" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.


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