Hayes Plantation

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Hayes Plantation
(U.S. National Historic Landmark)
Hayes Plantation
Hayes Plantation
Nearest city: Edenton, North Carolina
Coordinates: 36°2′59.97″N 76°36′8.02″W / 36.0499917, -76.6022278Coordinates: 36°2′59.97″N 76°36′8.02″W / 36.0499917, -76.6022278
Built/Founded: 1801
Architect: Unknown
Architectural style(s): Greek Revival, Federal
Designated as NHL: November 07, 1973[1]
Added to NRHP: February 26, 1974[2]
NRHP Reference#: 74001341
Governing body: Private

Hayes Plantation is a site near Edenton, North Carolina that was the plantation of Samuel Johnston (1733-1816), who served as Governor of North Carolina from 1787 to 1789. Johnston become one of the state's first two United States Senators, serving from 1789 until 1793, and served later as a judge until retiring in 1803.

Samuel Johnston died at his home, Hayes Plantation, in 1816 and is buried in the Johnston Burial Ground there. The plantation house is privately owned, but was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1973. It is now within Edenton. However the current house was completed by his son, James C. Johnston, a year after Samuel's death.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1973.[1][3]

It is located east of Edenton, .5 miles past Johnston's bridge on Southside Road.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Hayes Plantation. National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved on 2008-02-26.
  2. ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
  3. ^ a b Charles W. Snell (January 12, 1973), National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Samuel Johnston House, Hayes / HayesPDF (32 KB), National Park Service  and Accompanying two photos, exterior, from 1956PDF (32 KB)


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