Built 1836 (1836)-1840 Area 10 ha | NRHP Reference # 79003338 Added to NRHP 10 October 1979 | |
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Location SR 1434, Palopato, North Carolina Architectural styles Greek Revival architecture, Federal architecture | ||
Palo Alto Plantation is a historic plantation house located at Palopato, Onslow County, North Carolina. It was built between about 1836 and 1840, and is a two-story, five bay, double-pile frame dwelling with vernacular Federal and Greek Revival style design elements. It has a gable roof with cupola, two-tiered engaged porch, and Palladian windows on the gable ends. It was the childhood home of Daniel L. Russell, Jr. (1845-1908), governor of North Carolina, 1897-1901.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
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