Puppy Creek Plantation Explained

Puppy Creek Plantation
Location:NW of Rockfish on SR 1409, near Rockfish, North Carolina
Coordinates:35.0208°N -79.1292°W
Built:c.
Architecture:Federal
Added:December 12, 1976
Refnum:76001329

Puppy Creek Plantation, also known as the McGregor-Lamont House, is a historic plantation house located near Rockfish, Hoke County, North Carolina. It was built about 1821, and is a two-story, three-bay, Federal style frame dwelling. It is sheathed in weatherboard, has a gable roof, and sits on a high brick pier foundation. It features exterior end brick chimneys and full-width front porch.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

The McGregor-Lamont House is likely the site of a wedding referred to by North Carolina writer Charles W. Chesnutt in his conjure tale "The Marked Tree," first published in the journal The Crisis.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ruth Little-Stokes and John B. Flowers. Puppy Creek Plantation. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . n.d.. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2015-01-01.