National Register of Historic Places

Potts Plantation

Cornelius, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
Listed
January 5, 1998
Type
District
Period
Listed
Ref No.
97001561

About this property

Potts Plantation is a historic plantation complex and national historic district located near Cornelius, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 11 contributing buildings, 12 contributing sites, and 4 contributing structures in rural Mecklenburg County. The plantation seat was built in 1811, and consists of a two-story, three-bay, weatherboarded log house on a low brick foundation with flanking one-story wings added in 1947. The house has Federal, Late Victorian, and Colonial Revival style design elements. Associated with the plantation seat are the contributing smokehouse (c. 1811 – 1820), dependency, poultry house (c. 1920 – 1940), double-pen log barn work area, and corn crib (c. 1900 – 1920). Other notable contributing resources are the Slave Cemetery, five tenant complexes, the Smith Cottage Complex (c. 1891 – 1961), Smith Cottage (c. 1891), and Potts Cemetery (1946). The Potts Plantation has been the property of the Potts family since 1753. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.

Location

Cornelius, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
35.48302, -80.82676

Categories

AGRICULTUREARCHEOLOGYHISTORIC - NON-ABORIGINALSOCIAL HISTORYEUROPEANBLACK
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Sources

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When was Potts Plantation listed on the National Register?

Potts Plantation was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 5, 1998.

What type of historic resource is Potts Plantation?

Potts Plantation is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

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