White Oak Plantation

For the former plantation in Florida, see White Oak Conservation.

White Oak Plantation
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	E of Charlotte on SR 2826, near Charlotte, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°14′54″N80°41′26″W / 35.24833°N 80.69056°W / 35.24833; -80.69056
Area	14.1 acres (5.7 ha)
Built	1792 (1792)
Architectural style	Catawba River Valley School
NRHP reference No.	78001966 [1]
Added to NRHP	February 7, 1978

White Oak Plantation, also known as the William Johnston House, is a historic plantation house located near Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. It was built about 1792, and is a two-story, Catawba River Valley School style brick dwelling. The original Quaker plan interior has been converted to a center hall plan. It has a gable roof overhang and a full-width, two-story gabled porch. It was built by William Johnston, a captain in the North Carolina militia at the Battle of King's Mountain in 1780. ^[2]

The plantation was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. ^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. C. Greer Suttlemyre and Jim Sumner (n.d.). "White Oak Plantation" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved February 1, 2015.