Myrtle Lawn

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Myrtle Lawn
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LocationSR 1003, near Enfield, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°08′29″N77°35′39″W / 36.14139°N 77.59417°W / 36.14139; -77.59417
Area12 acres (4.9 ha)
Builtc. 1816 (1816)
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No. 85001341 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 20, 1985

Myrtle Lawn is a historic plantation house and national historic district located near Enfield, Halifax County, North Carolina. It encompasses seven contributing buildings and one contributing site, the farm landscape. The house was built about 1816 and expanded about 1850. It is a two-story, five-bay, Federal style frame dwelling. Also on the property are the contributing carriage house (1840s), an office (1858), a slave house, a vegetable storage structure, a dairy, and other food and storage buildings. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [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. Catherine Bishir and Jerry Cross (April 1985). "Myrtle Lawn" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved January 1, 2015.