Lewis Wimbish Plantation
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Lewis Wimbish Plantation | |
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| Location | NC 1443, near Grassy Creek, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 36°31′21″N 78°35′22″W / 36.52250°N 78.58944°WCoordinates: 36°31′21″N 78°35′22″W / 36.52250°N 78.58944°W |
| Area | 31 acres (13 ha) |
| Built | c. 1850 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| Governing body | Private |
| MPS | Granville County MPS |
| NRHP Reference # | 88000418[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 28, 1988 |
Lewis Wimbish Plantation was a historic tobacco plantation complex and national historic district located near Grassy Creek, Granville County, North Carolina. The house was built about 1850, and was a two-story, three bay, "T"-plan, heavy timber frame Greek Revival style dwelling. It had a low hipped roof and front portico with four round columns and two pilasters. Also on the property were the contributing privy, outbuilding, hipped roof barn, stable, corn crib, tobacco barn, chicken house, and "overseer's house."[2] It has been demolished.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
- ↑ Marvin A. Brown and Patricia Esperon (August 1987). "Lewis Wimbish Plantation" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.
