Lower Sauratown Plantation
Lower Sauratown Plantation
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Nearest city | Eden, North Carolina |
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Area | 4 acres (1.6 ha) |
Built | 1825 |
NRHP Reference # | 84000071[1] |
Site 31RK1
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Location | Southern side of the Dan River, southeast of Eden, near Eden, North Carolina[2] |
Area | 12 acres (4.9 ha) |
NRHP Reference # | 84002474[1] |
Added to NRHP | May 24, 1984 |
Added to NRHP | October 11, 1984 |
Lower Sauratown Plantation includes the remnants of a historic plantation and archaeological site located near Eden, Rockingham County, North Carolina. The plantation remnants include a plantation office building (c. 1825), a mid-19th century brick dwelling house, the Brodnax family cemetery, the remains of an extensive boxwood garden, and numerous below-grade foundations. The office and dwelling house were restored in 1983. Site 31RK1 is located on the Lower Sauratown Plantation and includes the remains of a large 17th-century Indian village of the Saura tribe. Lower Sauratown Plantation was the boyhood home of Governor Robert Broadnax Glenn, the adopted son of Dr. Edward T. Brodnax.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]
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- Plantations in North Carolina
- Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
- Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
- Buildings and structures completed in 1825
- Houses in Rockingham County, North Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in Rockingham County, North Carolina
- Piedmont Triad region, North Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs