Lawrence, John P., Plantation

NC 1700, Grissom, North Carolina. County/parish: Granville.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places August 31, 1988. NRIS 88001264.

Part of Granville County MPS (NRIS 64500360).

5 contributing buildings. 1 contributing site. 1 contributing structure.

From Wikipedia:

John P. Lawrence Plantation

John P. Lawrence Plantation is a historic tobacco plantation house and national historic district located near Grissom, Granville County, North Carolina. The house was built about 1845, and is a two-story, three-bay, "T"-plan, heavy timber frame Greek Revival style dwelling. It has a low hipped roof, brick-walled basement, and one-story front porch with a hipped roof. Also on the property are the contributing smokehouse, kitchen, schoolhouse, corn crib, and gambrel roofed stable.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47717896