Palo Alto Plantation (Palopato, North Carolina)

Coordinates: 34°48′02″N 77°12′49″W / 34.80056°N 77.21361°W / 34.80056; -77.21361
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Palo Alto Plantation
Palo Alto Plantation, September 2014
Palo Alto Plantation (Palopato, North Carolina) is located in North Carolina
Palo Alto Plantation (Palopato, North Carolina)
Palo Alto Plantation (Palopato, North Carolina) is located in the United States
Palo Alto Plantation (Palopato, North Carolina)
LocationSR 1434, Palopato, North Carolina
Coordinates34°48′02″N 77°12′49″W / 34.80056°N 77.21361°W / 34.80056; -77.21361
Area25 acres (10 ha)
Built1836 (1836)-1840
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Federal
NRHP reference No.79003338[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 10, 1979

Palo Alto Plantation is a historic plantation house located at Palopato, Onslow County, North Carolina. It was built between about 1836 and 1840, and is a two-story, five-bay, double-pile frame dwelling with vernacular Federal and Greek Revival style design elements. It has a gable roof with cupola, two-tiered engaged porch, and Palladian windows on the gable ends. It was the childhood home of Daniel L. Russell, Jr. (1845-1908), governor of North Carolina, 1897–1901.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ H. McKelden Smith and Jerry L. Cross (n.d.). "Palo Alto Plantation" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.