Locust Grove (Ingleside, North Carolina)
Locust Grove | |
Location | N of Louisburg on U.S. 401, Ingleside, North Carolina |
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Coordinates | 36°10′31″N 78°17′26″W / 36.17528°N 78.29056°W |
Area | 9 acres (3.6 ha) |
Built | c. 1790 |
Architectural style | Georgian |
NRHP reference No. | 75001269[1] |
Added to NRHP | November 20, 1975 |
Locust Grove, also known as the Foster House, is a historic plantation house located at Ingleside, Franklin County, North Carolina. It was built about 1790, and is a two-story, five-bay, Georgian style frame dwelling with a high gable roof. It has a rear ell to form a T-shaped plan. From 1797 to 1809, it was owned by noted American politician John Haywood (1754-1827), who was the longest-serving North Carolina State Treasurer.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ John Baxton Flowers, III & Catherine W. Cockshutt (August 1975). "Locust Grove" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.
Categories:
- Plantation houses in North Carolina
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
- Houses completed in 1790
- Haywood family residences
- Georgian architecture in North Carolina
- Houses in Franklin County, North Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in Franklin County, North Carolina
- Research Triangle region, North Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs
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