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Massenburg Plantation

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Built by
  
Jones, William

Area
  
9.7 ha

Massenburg Plantation

Location
  
Address Restricted; also 821 NC 561, near Louisburg, North Carolina

Built
  
c. 1820 (1820), 1838, c. 1910

Architectural style
  
L-shaped, Bungalow/craftsman

NRHP Reference #
  
75001270, 00000225 (Boundary Increase)

Added to NRHP
  
July 30, 1975, March 15, 2000 (Boundary Increase)

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Massenburg Plantation, also known as Woodleaf Plantation, is a historic plantation house located near Louisburg, Franklin County, North Carolina. The property encompasses 10 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 1 contributing structure. The main house reached its present form in 1838, and is a simple two-story L-shaped dwelling, with a rear two-story wing. It is four bays wide and features a stone block chimney. The property also includes the contributing plantation office, smokehouse, cotton gin, storage building, hen house, 1 1/2-story Perry House bungalow (c. 1910), and Overseer's House ruins (c. 1832).

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975, with a boundary increase in 2000.

References

Massenburg Plantation Wikipedia