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Marcus Royster Plantation

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Marcus Royster Plantation is a historic tobacco plantation house and national historic district near Wilbourns, in Granville County, North Carolina. The house, built about 1850, is a two story, three bay, T-plan, heavy timber frame dwelling in the Greek Revival style, with a low hipped roof and a classical portico; the property also carries a contributing air curing barn, a smokehouse, two log tobacco barns, a log corn crib, two frame barns, a small log barn, a second frame smokehouse, and a former tenant house. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

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Plantation House 1
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
Granville County, United States 2
Completed Year
1850 1
Heritage Designation
US National Register of Historic Places 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)
House 1
Building Type (category)
Plantation 1
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Standing 1
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1. Marcus Royster Plantation (Wikipedia)
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Royster_Plantation, lead definition
    Marcus Royster Plantation is a historic tobacco plantation house and national historic district located near Wilbourns, Granville County, North Carolina.
  • infobox field: built=c. 1850
  • Article text
    It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
  • Lead section
    Marcus Royster Plantation is a historic tobacco plantation house and national historic district located near Wilbourns, Granville County, North Carolina.
  • Wikipedia infobox building_type field (Plantation house)
    Marcus Royster Plantation is a historic tobacco plantation house and national historic district located near Wilbourns, Granville County, North Carolina. The house was built about 1850, and is a two-story, three-bay, "T"-plan, heavy timber frame Greek Revival style dwelling. It has a low hipped roof and classical portico. Also on the property are the contributing air-curing barn, smokehouse, tw
  • Primary Material: Timber, Lead paragraph
    The house was built about 1850, and is a two-story, three-bay, "T"-plan, heavy timber frame Greek Revival style dwelling.
  • In Style: Greek Revival Architecture, Infobox: architecture
    Greek Revival
  • Uses Element: Timber, Wikipedia lead
    The house was built about 1850, and is a two-story, three-bay, "T"-plan, heavy timber frame Greek Revival style dwelling.
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2. Marcus Royster Plantation (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement (EntityId 387477): Granville County, United States
Quote, Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement (EntityId 387477): Granville County, United States
Wikidata item Q18711647, property P131/P17 (location): Granville County, United States
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