Cascine (Louisburg, North Carolina)

Cascine

Cascine early house, HABS Photo, June 1940
Location S of Louisburg on SR 1702; also the northern side of NC 1702, near Louisburg, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°2′21″N 78°19′25″W / 36.03917°N 78.32361°W / 36.03917; -78.32361Coordinates: 36°2′21″N 78°19′25″W / 36.03917°N 78.32361°W / 36.03917; -78.32361
Area 1,287 acres (521 ha)
Built c. 1752 (1752), c. 1850
Built by Jeremiah and Dr. A.S. Perry
Architectural style Greek Revival, Gothic Revival
NRHP Reference # 73001342, 85003114 (Boundary Increase)[1]
Added to NRHP April 26, 1973, December 4, 1985 (Boundary Increase)

Cascine is a historic plantation complex and national historic district located near Louisburg, Franklin County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 12 contributing buildings, 4 contributing sites, and 3 contributing structures. The main house was built about 1850, and is a large two-story, Greek Revival style frame dwelling, in the manner of Jacob W. Holt, with Gothic Revival style influences. Also on the property is a small, one-story frame dwelling dated to about 1752. It was repaired and refurbished in the mid-20th century. Also on the property are the contributing brick kitchen, frame stable, granary, carriage house, family cemetery, slave cemetery, remains of slave quarters, tenant house, six log and frame tobacco barns, grist mill complex, and archaeological sites.[2][3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972, with a boundary increase in 1985.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Survey and Planning Unit Staff (November 1972). "Cascine" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.
  3. Michael Hill and Beth Thomas (June 1985). "Cascine (Boundary Increase)" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.

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