Desserette Explained

Desserette
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Location:SW side of SR 1320 near jct. with SR 1318, near White Oak, North Carolina
Coordinates:34.7992°N -78.7703°W
Built:c.
Architecture:Greek Revival
Added:October 7, 1987
Refnum:87001786

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.[1]

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kathy Goddard . Davyd Foard Hood . Jerry Cross . Desserette. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . August 1987. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2014-08-01.