Beaver Dam Plantation House | |
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| Location | SE of Davidson on NC 73, near Davidson, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°28′32″N 80°49′4″W / 35.47556°N 80.81778°W |
| Area | 8.7 acres (3.5 ha) |
| Built | 1829 |
| Architectural style | Federal, Federal Plantation House |
| NRHP reference No. | 79001735 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 19, 1979 |
Beaver Dam Plantation House is a historic plantation house located near Davidson, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. It was built in 1829, and is a two-story, four-bay, single pile Federal style dwelling. It has gable roof, brick exterior end chimneys, and a one-story, full-width, shed roof porch. It was the home of William Lee Davidson, Jr., son of William Lee Davidson and the people he enslaved to work the plantation. It was also the site of the committee meeting of the Concord Presbytery in April 1835, during which the location of Davidson College was determined. [2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. [1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Davyd Foard Hood and Jerry L. Cross (n.d.). "Beaver Dam Plantation House" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
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- Plantation houses in North Carolina
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
- Federal architecture in North Carolina
- Houses completed in 1829
- Houses in Charlotte, North Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
- Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs