Cove Grove is a historic plantation house located near Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina. It was built about 1830, and is a two-story, five-bay, transitional Federal / Greek Revival style frame dwelling. It has a gable roof and features front and rear full-height porticoes supported by Ionic order columns.[2]
Cove Grove | |
 Cove Grove, HABS photo, July 1940 | |
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| Location | E of Hertford near SR 1301 and 1302, near Hertford, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 36°11′02″N 76°25′02″W / 36.18389°N 76.41722°W |
| Area | 20 acres (8.1 ha) |
| Built | c. 1830 |
| Built by | Benjamin Smith Skinner |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival, Federal |
| NRHP reference No. | 74001366[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 7, 1974 |
The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1] It is located in the Old Neck Historic District.
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Survey and Planning Unit Staff (March 1974). "Cove Grove" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved February 1, 2015.
External links
edit- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. NC-40, "Cove Grove, State Route 1301, Hertford, Perquimans County, NC", 2 photos, 2 data pages