Palo Alto Plantation (Palopato, North Carolina)

Palo Alto Plantation
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Palo Alto Plantation, September 2014
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Location	SR 1434, Palopato, North Carolina
Coordinates	34°48′02″N 77°12′49″W
Area	25 acres (10 ha)
Built	1836 (1836)-1840
Architectural style	Greek Revival, Federal
NRHP reference No.	79003338[1]
Added to NRHP	October 10, 1979

Palo Alto Plantation is a historic plantation house located at Palopato, Onslow County, North Carolina. It was built between about 1836 and 1840, and is a two-story, five-bay, double-pile frame dwelling with vernacular Federal and Greek Revival style design elements. It has a gable roof with cupola, two-tiered engaged porch, and Palladian windows on the gable ends. It was the childhood home of Daniel L. Russell, Jr. (1845-1908), governor of North Carolina, 1897–1901.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. H. McKelden Smith and Jerry L. Cross (n.d.). "Palo Alto Plantation" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.