Belvidere Plantation House

Belvidere Plantation House
LocationOff SR 1565, near Hampstead, North Carolina
Coordinates34.395539, -77.642234
Area152.9 acres (61.9 ha)
Builtc. 1810 (1810)
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Georgian, Federal
NRHP reference No.82003495[1]
Added to NRHPJune 14, 1982

Belvidere Plantation House, also known as the Merrick-Nixon House, is a historic plantation house located near Hampstead, Pender County, North Carolina, US. It was built about 1810 for slaveholder George Merrick, and was a 1+1⁄2-story, three-bay, gambrel-roofed dwelling with Georgian, Federal, and Greek Revival style design elements. It was sheathed in weatherboard and has exterior end chimneys and a shed-roofed front porch.[2]

Its dilapidated structure burned to the ground on December 31, 2006, or January 1, 2007.

References

  1. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ↑ Renee Gledhill-Earley and Walter D. Best (April 1981). "Belvidere Plantation House" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved February 1, 2015.
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