Mount Prospect | |
Location: | Jct. of SR 1409 and SR 1428, near Leggett, North Carolina |
Coordinates: | 36.0075°N -77.6414°W |
Built: | c. |
Architecture: | Georgian, Late Georgian |
Added: | November 20, 1974 |
Refnum: | 74001347 |
Mount Prospect, also known as the Exum Lewis House, was a historic plantation house located near Leggett, Edgecombe County, North Carolina. It was built about 1772, and was a two-story, five-bay, Late Georgian style frame dwelling. It had a Quaker Plan; two-story, 19th century addition; and a one-story hip roofed front porch. Also on the property are the contributing family cemetery, a smokehouse, barn, brick dairy, and office.[1] The house burned and was torn down in 1976.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.