Ashland (Henderson, North Carolina)


Ashland
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Drawing of Ashland from the Historic American Buildings Survey
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Location	N of Henderson on Satterwhite Point Rd., near Henderson, North Carolina
Coordinates	36°25′55″N 78°22′09″W / 36.43194°N 78.36917°W / 36.43194; -78.36917Coordinates: 36°25′55″N 78°22′09″W / 36.43194°N 78.36917°W / 36.43194; -78.36917
Area	10 acres (4.0 ha)
Architectural style	Greek Revival, Federal
NRHP Reference #	73001371^[1]
Added to NRHP	March 14, 1973

Ashland is a historic plantation house located near Henderson, Vance County, North Carolina. It consists of two sections dated to the late-18th and mid-19th centuries. The older section is a two-story, two bay, frame section attached to the newer and taller two-story, three bay frame section. Each section is sheathed in weatherboard and topped by gable roofs. The house displays elements of Federal and Greek Revival style architecture. Judge and colonizer Richard Henderson (1734–1785) owned the Ashland tract among his vast holdings.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Survey and Planning Unit Staff (September 1972). "Ashland" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.

External links

Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. NC-213, "Ashland Plantation House, Satterwhite Road, Henderson, Vance County, NC", 8 measured drawings

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