Avirett–Stephens Plantation

Historic district in North Carolina, United States

United States historic place


Avirett–Stephens Plantation
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

34°51′04″N 77°32′07″W / 34.85111°N 77.53528°W / 34.85111; -77.53528
Area	83 acres (34 ha)
Built	1851 (1851)
Architectural style	Greek Revival
MPS	Onslow County MPS
NRHP reference No.	91000465^[1]
Added to NRHP	April 18, 1991

Avirett–Stephens Plantation is a historic slave plantation complex and national historic district located near Richlands, Onslow County, North Carolina. The plantation house was built in 1851, and is a two-story, five-bay, double-pile Greek Revival style frame dwelling. It is sheathed in pine board-and-batten and sits on a brick pier foundation. It features a wide two-tiered porch with a shallow hipped roof. Other contributing resources are antebellum cistern, family cemetery, and surrounding farmland.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Mary Ellen Polson and Claudia R. Brown (April 1989). "Avirett–Stephens Plantation" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places – Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved February 1, 2015.