Cascade Plantation

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Cascade Plantation
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LocationNE of Eden off NC 770, near Eden, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°31′22″N79°39′29″W / 36.52278°N 79.65806°W / 36.52278; -79.65806 Coordinates: 36°31′22″N79°39′29″W / 36.52278°N 79.65806°W / 36.52278; -79.65806
Area6 acres (2.4 ha)
Built1830s
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No. 75001288 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 14, 1975

Cascade Plantation, also known as Willow Oaks, [2] is a historic plantation house located near Eden, Rockingham County, North Carolina. It dates to the 1830s, and is a two-story, five bay by three bay, Federal style frame dwelling. It sits on a brick basement and is sheathed in weatherboard. It has pairs of brick exterior chimneys on each gable end. [3]

Willow Oaks plantation was the home of Dan River Inc. founder and president Thomas Benton Fitzgerald from 1897 to 1916.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Home". willowoaksplantation.com.
  3. Lindley Butler, John Baxton Flowers, III, Nick Pearson, and Ruth Little Stokes (July 1975). "Cascade Plantation" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)