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Cove Grove

Coordinates: 36°11′02″N 76°25′02″W / 36.18389°N 76.41722°W / 36.18389; -76.41722
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Cove Grove
Cove Grove, HABS photo, July 1940
Cove Grove is located in North Carolina
Cove Grove
Cove Grove is located in the United States
Cove Grove
LocationE of Hertford near SR 1301 and 1302, near Hertford, North Carolina
Coordinates36°11′02″N 76°25′02″W / 36.18389°N 76.41722°W / 36.18389; -76.41722
Area20 acres (8.1 ha)
Builtc. 1830 (1830)
Built byBenjamin Smith Skinner
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Federal
NRHP reference No.74001366[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 7, 1974

Cove Grove is a historic plantation house located near Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina. It was built about 1830, and is a two-story, five-bay, transitional Federal / Greek Revival style frame dwelling. It has a gable roof and features front and rear full-height porticoes supported by Ionic order columns.[2]

The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1] It is located in the Old Neck Historic District.

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Survey and Planning Unit Staff (March 1974). "Cove Grove" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved February 1, 2015.
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