Foscue and Simmons Plantations explained

Foscue and Simmons Plantations
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Location:US 17, from Trent R. and Banks Rd., Pollocksville, North Carolina
Coordinates:35.0392°N -77.2003°W
Built:c. -1825
Builder:Forbes, George
Architecture:Bungalow/craftsman, Italianate, Federal
Added:October 7, 1998
Refnum:98000197

Foscue and Simmons Plantations, also known as Foscue Plantation, is a historic plantation house and adjoining farm complexes and national historic district located near Pollocksville, Jones County, North Carolina. The district encompasses seven contributing buildings, four contributing sites, one contributing structure, and one contributing object. The Federal style Foscue Plantation House was built about 1821-1825 and is separately listed. Among the other contributing resources are the farm landscape, Foscue Cemetery (1849-1918), Brick Vault Site (1814-1853), four tobacco barns, Marl Pits/Ponds (c. 1940), Italianate style Simmons Cottage (c. 1870–1878), Simmons Tenant House #1 (c. 1920–1940), Marl Dredger (c. 1940), and bungalow style Christopher Stephens Simmons House (c. 1918–1920).[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Davyd Foard Hood . Foscue and Simmons Plantations. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . October 1997 . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2015-01-01.