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Avirett–Stephens Plantation

Coordinates: 34°51′04″N 77°32′07″W / 34.85111°N 77.53528°W / 34.85111; -77.53528
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Avirett–Stephens Plantation
Avirett–Stephens Plantation is located in North Carolina
Avirett–Stephens Plantation
Avirett–Stephens Plantation is located in the United States
Avirett–Stephens Plantation
LocationUS 258/24 .25 miles N of NC 1227, near Richlands, North Carolina
Coordinates34°51′04″N 77°32′07″W / 34.85111°N 77.53528°W / 34.85111; -77.53528
Area83 acres (34 ha)
Built1851 (1851)
Architectural styleGreek Revival
MPSOnslow County MPS
NRHP reference No.91000465[1]
Added to NRHPApril 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

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ 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.