Long Grass Plantation is a historic house and national historic district along what was the Roanoke River basin in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, most of which was flooded in the 1950s to form the Buggs Island Lake, also known as the John H. Kerr Reservoir. The house was built about 1800 by George Tarry on land belonging to his father, Samuel Tarry, and the plantation encompassed approximately 2,000 acres. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Building Type LocationSourced to the subject's own accountMecklenburg County, United States 2 Completed Year Classification
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Long Grass Plantation is a historic house and national historic district located along what was the Roanoke River basin. In the 1950s most of it was flooded and became the Buggs Island Lake/John H. Kerr Reservoir in Mecklenburg County, Virginia.
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Long Grass Plantation is a historic house and national historic district located along what was the Roanoke River basin. In the 1950s most of it was flooded and became the Buggs Island Lake/John H. Kerr Reservoir in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. The house was built circa 1800 by George Tarry on land belonging to his father, Samuel Tarry, and Long Grass Plantation encompassed approximately 2000 acr
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It is a hand-hewn log structure, now in an advanced state of decay.
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Wikimedia FoundationWikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Mecklenburg County, United StatesQuote, Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Mecklenburg County, United States
Wikidata item Q6672563, property P131/P17 (location): Mecklenburg County, United States
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