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In 1749, William Washington, said to be a cousin of General Washington, came to Granville County to build his home. His youngest son John later inherited the home. In 1800, John built a large old mansion, called Elmosa, as a gift to his daughter Rowena, who married Dr. J. L. Wortham. It is unknown how the house received the name, but it is thought to have some family significance. Tucker provides a description of the building.
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In 1825, James Harper built his home, called \"Fairfield,\" in a section of Wilkes County that later became part of Cauldwell County. The beautiful old home still stands today. Tucker describes the house and the merchant business started by Harper and William P. Waugh. In 1840, Harper gave thirty acres of land to build a town on, which he called Lenoir. He also wrote in the town charter that a saloon was never to tolerated within it limits.
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Judge Duncan Cameron moved to North Carolina in 1797 and constructed his home in 1803. The plantation encompassed 30,000 acres along the Neuse Valley in Durham County. Of note, scenes from the classic silent film \"The Birth of a Nation\" were shot at Farintosh because director D.W. Griffith believed the estate reflected the antebellum southern country home.
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Old Salem Village is home to one of the largest coffee pots in the country. Made of extra thick and heavy tin, it is sixteen feet in circumference and almost that tall. The pot stands atop an eight foot iron pole. Wagons and cars have run into it, and city officials have condemned it, but it still survives. It was erected in 1858 by Julius Mickey to advertise his tin shop.
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In Fayetteville, the First Presbyterian Church stood as an outstanding example of colonial era architecture. It was founded in 1755 by James Campbell of Scotland but construction was delayed until 1810. A fire struck in 1831, burning everything but the thick brick walls. It was rebuilt on the same foundation and functioned throughout the Civil War. Hobart Upjohn restored the church in 1922 and was continually maintained through the 1940s by W. W. Fuller and his family.
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General James Green Martin was born at Elizabeth City in 1819. He became an outstanding solider during the War with Mexico in 1846, and as a General provided splendid service to North Carolina and the United States.
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17209
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Tucker describes the Germanton Church, which was built in that Stokes County town in 1856 and is still in use today.
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14556
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Gourd festivals are becoming increasingly popular in North Carolina and also increasingly beautiful as far as the displays are concerned.
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In the historic town of Plymouth stands lovely Grace Episcopal Church, the meeting place of the landed gentry in ante-bellum days and the choice house of worship for wealthy merchants and ship-owners. The handsome Gothic building, one of the treasured shrines of North Carolina, was designed and erected by the eminent church architect, Richard Upjohn, and founded in 1837.
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15177
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During the mid-19th-century, Col. Joseph McDowell Carson built his estate in Polk County in the Green River Valley 20 miles from the Tryon resort. Known for its ideal location and fine architecture, it was owned in 1938 by Miss Maude Coxe, a descendant of Joseph McDowell, who was adamant about maintaining the plantation's integrity.
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15180
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Capt. Peter Hairston's historic plantation stood in Stokes County near the Sauratown Mountains. Hairston purchased the 32,000 acre plantation in the early 19th-century, becoming one of the wealthiest planters in the region before his death in 1834.
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Colonel James Richardson built his residence before the Revolutionary War. Harmony Hall possessed several distinct features including four floors, which was not typical in colonial southern homes, and a Nantucket roof another striking detail. He built it in the White Oak section of Bladen County near the Cape Fear River.
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Harvey's Point denotes an area between the Perquimans and Yeopim Rivers in Perquimans County. Harvey derives from the distinguished Harvey family who settled there in 1658. In 1663, the Harvey's built and incorporated the Belgrade Plantation. Remnants of the Belgrade Plantation could be seen in 1943, specifically the Ashland a Revolutionary War era two-story home.
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Mr. N. R. Hedgecock has a most unusual vocation - he duplicates the kind of bricks that were made in this country during the colonial era, and he uses exactly the same methods.
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Three miles north of Raleigh, on the Wake Forest road, stands historic \"Crabtree,\" one of the oldest plantation homes in Wake County. The estates was patented in the 1740s by Nathaniel Jones and the mansion built in 1795. Six generations of the same family have since lived here.
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