Clear Springs Plantation

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Clear Springs Plantation
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Location2401 Spring Garden Rd New Bern, NC 28562
Coordinates 35°12′57″N77°12′3″W / 35.21583°N 77.20083°W / 35.21583; -77.20083
Area9 acres (3.6 ha)
Builtc. 1740 (1740)
Architectural styleGeorgian
NRHP reference No. 73001318 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 14, 1973

Clear Springs Plantation, also known as Dawson Place and Green's Thoroughfare, is a historic plantation house located near Jasper, Craven County, North Carolina. It was built about 1740, and is a 1+12-story, five bay by two bay, Georgian style frame dwelling. It may be the oldest standing structure in Craven County and probably one of the oldest in North Carolina. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Survey Planning Unit Staff (August 1972). "Clear Springs Plantation" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved August 1, 2014.