View, Hope Plantation, Bertie County, North Carolina

Hope Plantation (Windsor, N.C.)

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Repository:: Preservation North Carolina
Collection:: Preservation North Carolina Historic Architecture Slide Collection, 1965-2005 (PNC slides) held by Preservation North Carolina
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Provenance note:: The house was built for David Stone, first owner, after his marriage to Hannah Turner.
Architectural note:: The structure has a high brick basement with a deck-on-hip roof and Chinese lattice railings on the deck and porticoes. This Palladian-influenced structure contains one of the oldest surviving service stairs in the state.
Historical note:: David Stone served as Governor of North Carolina from 1808 to 1810, and as United States Senator from 1812 to 1814. The house fell into decay in the mid-twentieth century and was restored by the Historic Hope Foundation. The house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Location:: Windsor (N.C.)
Subjects:: Historic buildings
Houses
National Register of Historic Places
Plantation houses
Latitude, Longitude:: 36.032147, -77.017499
External Resources:: Hope Plantation