Bracebridge Hall (Tarboro, North Carolina)

Bracebridge Hall
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
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Location	Macclesfield vicinity; also 7714 Colonial Rd. and both sides of Colonial Rd. at its junction with Carr Farm Rd., near Macclesfield, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°45′40″N77°32′36″W / 35.76111°N 77.54333°W / 35.76111; -77.54333
Area	149.7 acres (60.6 ha)
Built	1835 (1835)
Architectural style	Greek Revival, Victorian
NRHP reference No.	71000579, 05001412 (Boundary Increase) [1]
Added to NRHP	February 18, 1971, December 16, 2005 (Boundary Increase)

Governor Elias Carr, First Lady Eleanor Kearny Carr, and two others on the front porch at Bracebridge Hall

Bracebridge Hall is part of a historic farm. The house is part of a former plantation and is a registered national historic district located near Macclesfield, Edgecombe County, North Carolina. The district encompasses eight contributing buildings, two contributing sites, and three contributing structures associated with the Bracebridge Hall.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971, with a boundary increase in 2005. ^[1]

Construction history

The original house was built between approximately 1830 and 1832. It was enlarged between 1835 and 1840, again between 1880 and 1881, as well as in 1885.

Description

It is a two-story, five-bay, weatherboarded frame dwelling with Greek Revival and Victorian style design elements. It features a one-story Doric order portico. Also on the property are the contributing Metal boiler/basin (c. 1880–1900), Plantation Office (c. 1860–1885), Servants’ House (Aunt Pattie's House) (c. 1860–1885), Tobacco Barn (c. 1920), Troughs (c. 1890–1920), Large Barn (c. 1890–1915), Barn (c. 1920), Overseer's House (c. 1860–1885), Carr Cemetery (1820), and the Agricultural landscape. Buried in the cemetery is North Carolina Governor Elias Carr (1839-1900) and his wife Eleanor Kearny Carr (1840–1912). ^{[2] [3]}

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. John G. Zehmer and John B. Wells (October 1970). "Bracebridge Hall" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
3. Davyd Foard Hood (December 2004). "Bracebridge Hall" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved November 1, 2014.