Latta Plantation

Latta House
Location 6 miles S of Huntersville on SR 2125, near Huntersville, North Carolina
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
Governing body Private
NRHP Reference # 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. 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

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
  2. ↑ Bishir & Southern 2003, pp. 526–27.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Historic Latta Plantation". Retrieved 21 June 2013.

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