| The Grove | |
| Nrhp Type: | cp |
| Nocat: | yes |
| Location: | 130 Bridgers St., Tarboro, North Carolina |
| Coordinates: | 35.9028°N -77.5372°W |
| Architecture: | Federal |
| Added: | February 18, 1971 |
| Refnum: | 71000583 |
The Grove, also known as Blount-Bridgers House, is a historic home located at Tarboro, Edgecombe County, North Carolina. It was built about 1808, and is a two-story, five-bay, Federal style frame dwelling. It has a gable roof and pairs of double-shouldered brick end chimneys. It was the home of Thomas Blount (1759–1812), an American Revolutionary War veteran and statesman.[1]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. It is located in the Tarboro Historic District.
Edgecombe Arts is located in the Blount-Bridgers House, which features a permanent collection of works by Tarboro-born artist Hobson Pittman (1899–1972), including oil paintings, pastels, drawings, prints and watercolors.[2] Blount-Bridgers House also exhibits locally-made period furniture and 19th-century paintings as well as works by Thomas Sully, Thomas Landseer and William Garle Brown. There are also changing exhibits of contemporary artists.