Pool Rock Plantation

Pool Rock Plantation
Location NE of Williamsboro on SR 1380, near Williamsboro, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°27′15″N 78°25′4″W / 36.45417°N 78.41778°W / 36.45417; -78.41778Coordinates: 36°27′15″N 78°25′4″W / 36.45417°N 78.41778°W / 36.45417; -78.41778
Area 4.5 acres (1.8 ha)
Built c. 1827 (1827), c. 1855
Built by Holt, Jacob W.
Architectural style Italianate, Federal
NRHP reference # 78001977[1]
Added to NRHP November 29, 1978

Pool Rock Plantation is a historic plantation house located near Williamsboro, Vance County, North Carolina. It was consists of two, two-story sections. The older was built by James Mitchell(of Lunenberg County, VA, who purchased 450 acres in what was then Granville County), in 1757. His daughter, Amy Mitchell, married Michael Satterwhite in the house in 1759. It is a two-story, three bay, Federal style frame structure. It forms the rear section. About 1855, a more ornate two-story, three bay, Italianate style frame structure attributed to Jacob W. Holt (1811-1880). The later section has a shallow hipped roof and overhanging eaves. The two sections are joined by a two-story hallway linker. Also on the property is a contributing one-story, hip roof office building.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Catherine Bishir; Michael Southern & Jerry L. Cross (n.d.). "Pool Rock Plantation" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.


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