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Bryan–Bell Farm

Coordinates: 34°59′51″N 77°15′20″W / 34.99750°N 77.25556°W / 34.99750; -77.25556
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Bryan–Bell Farm
Bryan–Bell Farm, September 2014
Bryan–Bell Farm is located in North Carolina
Bryan–Bell Farm
Bryan–Bell Farm is located in the United States
Bryan–Bell Farm
LocationNC 58, 1 miles E of SR 1119, near Pollocksville, North Carolina
Coordinates34°59′51″N 77°15′20″W / 34.99750°N 77.25556°W / 34.99750; -77.25556
Area2,251 acres (911 ha)
Built1844 (1844), c. 1920
Architectural styleClassical Revival, Federal
NRHP reference No.89002155[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 21, 1989

Bryan–Bell Farm, also known as Oakview Plantation, is a historic plantation house and farm complex and national historic district located near Pollocksville, Jones County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 25 contributing buildings, 2 contributing sites, and 2 contributing structures spread over seven areas. The main house was built about 1844 in the Federal style, and renovated in 1920 in the Classical Revival style. It is a 2+12-story, five-bay, frame residence with a monumental portico with Corinthian order columns. Among the other contributing resources are the farm landscape, office (1920s), seven pack houses (1920s), equipment building (c. 1939), storage building (c. 1930), barn (c. 1840), two chicken houses (c. 1923), stable / carriage house (c. 1920), two garages (c. 1930s), equipment shed (c. 1930), metal silo (c. 1930), hay barn (c. 1932), two tobacco barns (c. 1920), I-house (c. 1880), a log barn (c. 1890), a small plank building, farm house (c. 1900), and 19th century graveyard.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ David R. and Allison H. Black (August 1989). "Bryan–Bell Farm" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places – Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved January 1, 2015.