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Wood Grove
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Wood Grove, September 2012
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Location	E of Bear Poplar on SR 1743, near Bear Poplar, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°40′48″N 80°40′28″W / 35.68000°N 80.67444°W / 35.68000; -80.67444
Area	83.8 acres (33.9 ha)
Built	c. 1825 (1825)
Architectural style	Federal
NRHP reference No.	82003504
Added to NRHP	September 23, 1982

Wood Grove is a historic plantation house located near Bear Poplar, Rowan County, North Carolina. It was built about 1825, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, three-bay, Federal-style brick dwelling. A portion of the brickwork is laid in Flemish bond. It sits on a stone foundation, has a hipped roof front porch, and one-story rear kitchen ell.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

History

The original owners were Thomas Cowan (1748-1817) and Abel Cowan (1789-1843).

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Wood Grove, Rowan County, North Carolina on Library of Congress". Library of Congress.
3. Davyd Foard Hood and Jim Sumner (July 1982). "Wood Grove" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
4. ^ "Plantations of North Carolina". NCGENWEB. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
5. Wood Grove Photo, LOC.GOV

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