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Desserette

Coordinates: 34°47′57″N 78°46′13″W / 34.79917°N 78.77028°W / 34.79917; -78.77028
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Desserette
Desserette is located in North Carolina
Desserette
Desserette is located in the United States
Desserette
LocationSW side of SR 1320 near jct. with SR 1318, near White Oak, North Carolina
Coordinates34°47′57″N 78°46′13″W / 34.79917°N 78.77028°W / 34.79917; -78.77028
Area125.7 acres (50.9 ha)
Builtc. 1840 (1840)
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No.87001786[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 7, 1987

Desserette is a historic plantation house and national historic district located near White Oak, Bladen County, North Carolina. The house was built about 1840, and is a two-story, frame double-pile house in the Greek Revival style. It rests on a brick pier foundation and has a hipped roof. Also on the property are the contributing kitchen, meathouse, log barn, and family cemetery.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Kathy Goddard; Davyd Foard Hood; Jerry Cross (August 1987). "Desserette" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved August 1, 2014.