Sycamore Valley

Sycamore Valley
Location NC 1400, near Grassy Creek, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°31′04″N 78°37′54″W / 36.51778°N 78.63167°WCoordinates: 36°31′04″N 78°37′54″W / 36.51778°N 78.63167°W
Area 32 acres (13 ha)
Built c. 1825
Architectural style Greek Revival, Georgian, Federal
Governing body Private
MPS Granville County MPS
NRHP Reference # 88000419[1]
Added to NRHP April 28, 1988

Sycamore Valley is a historic tobacco plantation complex and national historic district located near Grassy Creek, Granville County, North Carolina. The original section of the house was built about 1825. The eight bay frame house consists of a two-story, central block flanked by lower two-story wings. It includes Greek Revival and Georgian / Federal style design elements. Also on the property are the contributing smokehouse, dairy barn, log tobacco barn, a stable, chicken house, corn crib, an packhouse.[2]

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

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
  2. Marvin A. Brown and Patricia Esperon (August 1987). "Sycamore Valley" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.