National Historic Landmark · house · Edenton, North Carolina

Hayes Plantation

Historic house in North Carolina, United States in Edenton, North Carolina. Built 1814. Added to the National Register in 2020, and a National Historic Landmark.

Private, view from the streetNational Historic LandmarkBuilt 1814Listed 2020Federal architecture
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What it is

Wikipedia · Hayes Plantation

Hayes Farm, also known as Hayes Plantation, is a historic plantation near Edenton, North Carolina that belonged to Samuel Johnston (1733–1816), who served as Governor of North Carolina from 1787 to 1789. Johnston became one of the state's first two United States Senators, serving from 1789 until 1793, and served later as a judge until retiring in 1803. Samuel Johnston died in 1816 at "the Hermitage," his home near Williamston in Martin County, N.C. The residence known as Hayes was completed by his son, James Cathcart Johnston, a year after Samuel's death. There are numerous other structures on the property, some predating the Hayes house itself, including the Hayes Gatehouse, which James Johnston lived in prior to the construction of the Hayes house.

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The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeBuilding
AddressE. Water St. Extension, Edenton vicinity, NC
CountyChowan County
ListedMar 24, 2020
Reference number74001341
Built1814
Type of placehouse
StyleFederal architecture, Greek Revival architecture
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark
Contributing resources1 buildings

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

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Private property
AddressE. Water St. Extension, Edenton, NC
Coordinates36.05016, -76.60189 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitFort Raleigh National Historic Site · 50 mi · on Park Atlas
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Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 74001341. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.