Palo Alto Plantation (Palopato, North Carolina)


Palo Alto Plantation
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Palo Alto Plantation, September 2014
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Location	SR 1434, Palopato, North Carolina
Coordinates	34°48′02″N 77°12′49″W / 34.80056°N 77.21361°W / 34.80056; -77.21361Coordinates: 34°48′02″N 77°12′49″W / 34.80056°N 77.21361°W / 34.80056; -77.21361
Area	25 acres (10 ha)
Built	1836 (1836)-1840
Architectural style	Greek Revival, Federal
NRHP Reference #	79003338^[1]
Added to NRHP	October 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

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ 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.

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