Record #:

8673

Author(s):

Bajorek, Sylvia Holden

Abstract:

n 1817, Major Peter Hairston bought 2,570 acres near Mocksville from General Jesse Pearson. It was here that his great-grandson, Peter Wilson Hairston, built Cooleemee Plantation in 1853. Shaped like a Greek cross, the house took two years to complete. A few years ago, it was declared a National Historic Landmark by the U.S. Department of the Interior. The plantation remains in the Hairston family who host open houses for the public at least once a year.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 49 Issue 4, Sept 1981, p10-11, il

Subject(s):

Plantations--Mocksville