Beaver Dam (Knightdale, North Carolina) Explained

Beaver Dam
Location:	7081 Forestville Road, Knightdale, North Carolina
Coordinates:	35.8091°N -78.4852°W
Built:	c. 1810
Architecture:	Federal
Added:	January 6, 1987
Refnum:	86003529

Beaver Dam is an antebellum plantation house located on the northern edge of present-day Knightdale, Wake County, North Carolina. The house was built around 1810 by Col. William Hinton, brother of Charles Lewis Hinton who built the nearby Midway Plantation.^[1] At its height, the Beaver Dam plantation encompassed around tended by the forced labor of about 50 enslaved people.^{[2] [3]}

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.

In 2005, the house was purchased by Hinton Land, LLC and underwent a 6-month restoration by Lambeth Restoration, HagerSmith Architects, Williams Realty and Building Company, John Stein Painting, Western Cedar Supply, and others.

See also

• List of Registered Historic Places in North Carolina
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Wake County, North Carolina

Notes and References

1. Web site: Silver. Charles Hinton. Midway Plantation. 29 September 2012.
2. Web site: Schulz . W . The Plantation Houses that made up the early Knightdale area. . Knightdale Historical Society . 29 September 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140502071744/http://www.knightdalehistoric.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/plantations3.pdf . 2 May 2014 .
3. Web site: Virginia Oswald and Jerry L. Cross. Beaver Dam . National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . September 1986 . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2015-05-01.