Window, Somerset Place, Washington County, North Carolina

Somerset Place (Washington County, N.C.)

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Item information

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:: Lake Company (businessmen rice planters), first landowner; Josiah Collins (merchant-rice planter), second landowner; Josiah Collins II (corn planter), third landowner; Josiah Collins III (corn planter) and Mary Riggs Collins, fourth landowner and first owner of home.
Architectural note:: Half a dozen original outbuildings remain on the property, along with reconstructions.
Historical note:: The rice plantation was worked by hundreds of enslaved people starting in the late eighteenth century. The site is one of the northernmost locations for successful rice production in the country. The property is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and as a North Carolina Historic Site.
Location:: Washington County (N.C.)
Subjects:: Historic buildings
Historic sites
Houses
National Register of Historic Places