Palo Alto Plantation (Palopato, North Carolina)

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LocationSR 1434, Palopato, North Carolina
Coordinates 34°48′02″N77°12′49″W / 34.80056°N 77.21361°W / 34.80056; -77.21361
Area25 acres (10 ha)
Built1836 (1836)-1840
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Federal
NRHP reference No. 79003338 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 10, 1979

Palo Alto Plantation is a historic plantation house located at Palopato, Onslow County, North Carolina. It was built between about 1836 and 1840, and is a two-story, five-bay, double-pile frame dwelling with vernacular Federal and Greek Revival style design elements. It has a gable roof with cupola, two-tiered engaged porch, and Palladian windows on the gable ends. It was the childhood home of Daniel L. Russell, Jr. (1845-1908), governor of North Carolina, 1897–1901. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. [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. H. McKelden Smith and Jerry L. Cross (n.d.). "Palo Alto Plantation" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.