Oakland Plantation (Carvers, North Carolina)

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Oakland Plantation
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Oakland
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LocationOff SR 1730, near Carvers, North Carolina
Coordinates 34°28′17″N78°23′36″W / 34.47139°N 78.39333°W / 34.47139; -78.39333
Built1780
ArchitectBrown, Col. Thomas
NRHP reference No. 72000924 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 25, 1972

Oakland Plantation, situated on a bluff overlooking the Cape Fear River in Carvers, Bladen County, North Carolina, was built over 200 years ago by General Thomas Brown, an American Revolutionary War patriot. It is one of a few houses of its period in North Carolina still being used today.

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Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Oakland depicts the architecture and skill of the artisans of that period. Bricks laid in Flemish bond were brought from England on sailing ships as ballast, transported up river, and unloaded by hand. [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. John B. Wells, III (December 1971). "Oakland Plantation" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved August 1, 2014.