Mount Mourne Plantation


Mount Mourne
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Mount Mourne Plantation from NC Hwy 115
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Location	Off NC 115, Mount Mourne, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°33′6.1632″N 80°50′39.0402″W / 35.551712000°N 80.844177833°W / 35.551712000; -80.844177833Coordinates: 35°33′6.1632″N 80°50′39.0402″W / 35.551712000°N 80.844177833°W / 35.551712000; -80.844177833
Area	9 acres (3.6 ha)
Built	1836 (1836)
Architectural style	Greek Revival, Federal
MPS	Iredell County MRA (AD)
NRHP Reference #	74001354^[1]
Added to NRHP	October 29, 1974

Mount Mourne Plantation is a former Southern plantation and historic house located in Mount Mourne, Iredell County, North Carolina. It was built in 1836, and is a two-story, five-bay transitional Federal / Greek Revival style frame dwelling. It features a hipped roof entrance portico with four fluted Tuscan order columns.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.^[1]

History

The plantation house was built by Major Rufus Reid (1797-1854).^[3]^[4] He grew cotton, wheat and corn.^[3] In its heyday, the Plantation was one of the largest in the area, and the second largest in Iredell County, being worked by around 88 slaves at one point.^[3] This made Rufus Reid one of the wealthiest and most prosperous planters in not only the area, but the state as a whole.^[3]

At present

It is currently privately owned, and is closed to the public. The plantation gave its name to the modern-day community of Mount Mourne, North Carolina, in which the home is located.

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Survey and Planning Unit Staff (June 1974). "Mount Mourne" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-01-01.
1 2 3 4 UNC University Libraries
↑ FindAGrave: Rufus Reid

External links

Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. NC-154, "Mount Mourne, State Routes 1170 & 1189, Mount Mourne, Iredell County, NC", 1 photo

U.S. National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina

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