John P. Lawrence Plantation Explained

John P. Lawrence Plantation
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Location:NC 1700, near Grissom, North Carolina
Coordinates:36.1156°N -78.5919°W
Built:c.
Architecture:Greek Revival
Added:August 31, 1988
Refnum:88001264

John P. Lawrence Plantation is a historic tobacco plantation house and national historic district located near Grissom, Granville County, North Carolina. The house was built about 1845, and is a two-story, three-bay, "T"-plan, heavy timber frame Greek Revival style dwelling. It has a low hipped roof, brick-walled basement, and one-story front porch with a hipped roof. Also on the property are the contributing smokehouse, kitchen, schoolhouse, corn crib, and gambrel roofed stable.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Marvin A. Brown and Patricia Esperon . John P. Lawrence Plantation . National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . August 1987. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2014-11-01.