Fairntosh Plantation

Coordinates: 36°5′56″N 78°49′42″W / 36.09889°N 78.82833°W / 36.09889; -78.82833
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Fairntosh
Fairntosh Plantation is located in North Carolina
Fairntosh Plantation
Fairntosh Plantation is located in the United States
Fairntosh Plantation
LocationNear junction of SR 1004 and 1632, near Durham, North Carolina
Coordinates36°5′56″N 78°49′42″W / 36.09889°N 78.82833°W / 36.09889; -78.82833
Area100 acres (40 ha)
Builtc. 1800 (1800)
Architectural styleGeorgian, Federal
NRHP reference No.73001337[1]
Added to NRHPApril 3, 1973

Fairntosh Plantation is a historic plantation house and complex located near Durham, Durham County, North Carolina. It consists of two separate Georgian / Federal style houses joined in a "T"-shape. The rear section is older, and is a two-story, side hall plan structure with a center-hall plan. The larger section is a two-story, five bay by three bay structure. Also on the property are the contributing outbuildings including a two-story kitchen, slave quarters, smokehouse, dairy, office schoolhouse and other dependencies.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Survey and Planning Unit Staff (September 1972). "Fairntosh Plantation" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-10-01.