Grimesland Plantation
Grimesland Plantation is a historic plantation house located near Grimesland, Pitt County, North Carolina. It was built about 1790, and is a two-story, frame dwelling sheathed in weatherboard and with flanking exterior gable end brick chimneys. It has Greek Revival period flanking one-story, hip roofed wings, a two-story rear addition, and one-story front verandah. Also on the property are a row of frame slave quarters and a stone smokehouse. It was the home of Confederate army general officer Bryan Grimes (1828-1880).
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ John B. Wells and Greer Suttlemyre (December 1970). "Grimesland Plantation" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
