Beaver Dam Plantation House Explained

Beaver Dam Plantation House
Location:SE of Davidson on NC 73, near Davidson, North Carolina
Coordinates:35.4756°N -80.8178°W
Architecture:Federal, Federal Plantation House
Added:March 19, 1979
Refnum:79001735

Beaver Dam Plantation House is a historic plantation house located near Davidson, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. It was built in 1829, and is a two-story, four-bay, single pile Federal style dwelling. It has gable roof, brick exterior end chimneys, and a one-story, full-width, shed roof porch. It was the home of William Lee Davidson, Jr., son of William Lee Davidson and the people he enslaved to work the plantation. It was also the site of the committee meeting of the Concord Presbytery in April 1835, during which the location of Davidson College was determined.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Davyd Foard Hood and Jerry L. Cross. Beaver Dam Plantation House. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . n.d. . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2015-02-01.