Locust Grove (Ingleside, North Carolina)

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Locust Grove
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LocationN of Louisburg on U.S. 401, Ingleside, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°10′31″N78°17′26″W / 36.17528°N 78.29056°W / 36.17528; -78.29056
Area9 acres (3.6 ha)
Builtc. 1790 (1790)
Architectural styleGeorgian
NRHP reference No. 75001269 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 20, 1975

Locust Grove, also known as the Foster House, is a historic plantation house located at Ingleside, Franklin County, North Carolina. It was built about 1790, and is a two-story, five-bay, Georgian style frame dwelling with a high gable roof. It has a rear ell to form a T-shaped plan. From 1797 to 1809, it was owned by noted American politician John Haywood (1754-1827), who was the longest-serving North Carolina State Treasurer. [2]

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. John Baxton Flowers, III & Catherine W. Cockshutt (August 1975). "Locust Grove" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.