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Historic house in North Carolina, United States

United States historic place
Farmville Plantation
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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LocationSoutheast of Elmwood off US 70 on SR 2362, near Elmwood, North Carolina
Coordinates35°44′22″N 80°45′54″W / 35.73944°N 80.76500°W / 35.73944; -80.76500
Area6 acres (2.4 ha)
Built1818 (1818)
Architectural styleFederal, Federal
MPSIredell County MRA
NRHP reference No.73001353
Added to NRHPJune 19, 1973

Farmville Plantation is a historic plantation house located near the historic location, called Elmwood south of Statesville in Iredell County, North Carolina. It consists of two Federal style houses. The main house was built about 1818, and is a two-story, three bay by two bay, brick dwelling with a two-story entrance portico. The house is also known as the Joseph Chambers house or Darshana. The main house has a low gable roof and one-story rear shed porch. Attached to it by a breezeway is a smaller two-story, three bay by two bay stuccoed brick dwelling. The house was restored in the 1960s.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

History

The Farmville Plantation was built by Joseph Chambers (1791–1848) in about 1820. The land was worked by enslaved people who were held on the plantation. Joseph's son, Pinckney Brown Chambers (1821–1905) was born on the plantation and inherited it from his father.

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Survey and Planning Unit Staff (n.d.). "Farmville Plantation" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved January 1, 2015.
  3. ^ "Chambers Family Papers, 1816-1918". UNC Libraries. Retrieved August 6, 2019.
  4. "Inventory of Iredell Historic Sites". Retrieved August 6, 2019.
  5. Stonestree, O.C. (December 28, 2008). "Darshana Hall Plantation is worth a visit". Statesville Record & Landmark.
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