The Grove (Tarboro, North Carolina)

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The Grove
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Location130 Bridgers St., Tarboro, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°54′10″N77°32′14″W / 35.90278°N 77.53722°W / 35.90278; -77.53722
Area9.9 acres (4.0 ha)
Built1808 (1808)
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No. 71000583 [1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 18, 1971

The Grove, also known as Blount-Bridgers House, is a historic home located at Tarboro, Edgecombe County, North Carolina. It was built about 1808, and is a two-story, five-bay, Federal style frame dwelling. It has a gable roof and pairs of double-shouldered brick end chimneys. It was the home of Thomas Blount (1759–1812), an American Revolutionary War veteran and statesman. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. [1] It is located in the Tarboro Historic District.

Edgecombe Arts is located in the Blount-Bridgers House, which features a permanent collection of works by Tarboro-born artist Hobson Pittman (1899–1972), including oil paintings, pastels, drawings, prints and watercolors. [3] Blount-Bridgers House also exhibits locally made period furniture and 19th-century paintings as well as works by Thomas Sully, Thomas Landseer and William Garle Brown. There are also changing exhibits of contemporary artists.

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ↑ John G. Zehmer and John B. Wells, III (October 1970). "The Grove" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places – Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Blount-Bridgers House". Edgecombe Arts. Retrieved December 4, 2014.
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