Bracebridge Hall (Tarboro, North Carolina)

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Bracebridge Hall
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LocationMacclesfield vicinity; also 7714 Colonial Rd. and both sides of Colonial Rd. at its junction with Carr Farm Rd., near Macclesfield, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°45′40″N77°32′36″W / 35.76111°N 77.54333°W / 35.76111; -77.54333
Area149.7 acres (60.6 ha)
Built1835 (1835)
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Victorian
NRHP reference No. 71000579, 05001412 (Boundary Increase) [1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 18, 1971, December 16, 2005 (Boundary Increase)
Governor Elias Carr, First Lady Eleanor Kearny Carr, and two others on the front porch at Bracebridge Hall Governor Carr and family.jpg
Governor Elias Carr, First Lady Eleanor Kearny Carr, and two others on the front porch at Bracebridge Hall

Bracebridge Hall is a part of historic farm, the house is part of a former former plantation and is a registered national historic district located near Macclesfield, Edgecombe County, North Carolina. The district encompasses eight contributing buildings, two contributing sites, and three contributing structures associated with the Bracebridge Hall . The original house was built about 1830–1832, and enlarged about 1835–1840, 1880–1881, and 1885. It is a two-story, five-bay, weatherboarded frame dwelling with Greek Revival and Victorian style design elements. It features a one-story Doric order portico. Also on the property are the contributing Metal boiler/basin (c. 1880–1900), Plantation Office (c. 1860–1885), Servants’ House (Aunt Pattie's House) (c. 1860–1885), Tobacco Barn (c. 1920), Troughs (c. 1890–1920), Large Barn (c. 1890–1915), Barn (c. 1920), Overseer's House (c. 1860–1885), Carr Cemetery (1820), and the Agricultural landscape. Buried in the cemetery is North Carolina Governor Elias Carr (1839-1900) and his wife Eleanor Kearny Carr (1840–1912). [2] [3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971, with a boundary increase in 2005. [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 G. Zehmer and John B. Wells (October 1970). "Bracebridge Hall" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
  3. Davyd Foard Hood (December 2004). "Bracebridge Hall" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved November 1, 2014.