Wood Grove
Wood Grove is a historic plantation house located near Bear Poplar, Rowan County, North Carolina. It was built about 1825, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, three-bay, Federal style brick dwelling. It sits on a stone foundation, has a hipped roof front porch, and one-story rear kitchen ell.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
History
The original owners were Thomas Cowan (1748-1817) and Abel Cowan (1789-1843).
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Wood Grove, Rowan County, North Carolina on Library of Congress". Library of Congress.
- ^ Davyd Foard Hood and Jim Sumner (July 1982). "Wood Grove" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
- ^ "Plantations of North Carolina". NCGENWEB. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
- ^ Wood Grove Photo, LOC.GOV
