Avirett-Stephens Plantation

US 258/24 .25 mi. N of NC 1227, Richlands, North Carolina. County/parish: Onslow.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 18, 1991. NRIS 91000465.

Part of Onslow County MPS (NRIS 64500370).

1 contributing building. 2 contributing sites. 1 contributing structure.

From Wikipedia:

Avirett–Stephens Plantation

Avirett–Stephens Plantation is a historic slave plantation complex and national historic district located near Richlands, Onslow County, North Carolina. The plantation house was built in 1851, and is a two-story, five-bay, double-pile Greek Revival style frame dwelling. It is sheathed in pine board-and-batten and sits on a brick pier foundation. It features a wide two-tiered porch with a shallow hipped roof. Other contributing resources are antebellum cistern, family cemetery, and surrounding farmland.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718277