Beaver Dam (Knightdale, North Carolina)

Beaver Dam
Beaver Dam viewed from the southeast
Location7081 Forestville Road, Knightdale, North Carolina
Coordinates35°48′32.6″N 78°29′06.8″W / 35.809056°N 78.485222°W / 35.809056; -78.485222
Builtc. 1810
Architectural styleFederal
MPSWake County MPS
NRHP reference No.86003529 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 6, 1987

Beaver Dam is an antebellum plantation house located on the northern edge of present-day Knightdale, Wake County, North Carolina. The house was built around 1810 by Col. William Hinton, brother of Charles Lewis Hinton who built the nearby Midway Plantation.[2] At its height, the Beaver Dam plantation encompassed around 4,000 acres (1,600 ha) tended by the forced labor of about 50 enslaved people.[3][4]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1]

In 2005, the house was purchased by Hinton Land, LLC and underwent a 6-month restoration by Lambeth Restoration, HagerSmith Architects, Williams Realty and Building Company, John Stein Painting, Western Cedar Supply, and others.

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References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Silver, Charles Hinton. "Midway Plantation". Retrieved September 29, 2012.
  3. ^ Schulz, W. "The Plantation Houses that made up the early Knightdale area" (PDF). Knightdale Historical Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 2, 2014. Retrieved September 29, 2012.
  4. ^ Virginia Oswald and Jerry L. Cross (September 1986). "Beaver Dam" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved May 1, 2015.