Edgewood (Grassy Creek, North Carolina)

Edgewood
Location NC 1437, near Grassy Creek, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°30′27″N 78°38′08″W / 36.50750°N 78.63556°W / 36.50750; -78.63556Coordinates: 36°30′27″N 78°38′08″W / 36.50750°N 78.63556°W / 36.50750; -78.63556
Area 8 acres (3.2 ha)
Built 1858 (1858)
Architectural style Greek Revival, Italianate
MPS Granville County MPS
NRHP Reference # 88000421[1]
Added to NRHP April 28, 1988

Edgewood is a historic tobacco plantation house and national historic district located near Grassy Creek, Granville County, North Carolina. The house was built about 1858, and is a two-story, double pile, Greek Revival style frame dwelling with Italianate style design elements. It has a low hipped roof pierced by two interior brick chimneys. Also on the property are the contributing meat house, "wash house," two stables, brooder house, ice house, two chicken houses, two corn cribs, and a hay barn.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Marvin A. Brown and Patricia Esperon (August 1987). "Edgewood" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.


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