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+1⁄2-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]
Bryan–Bell Farm | |
 Bryan–Bell Farm, September 2014 | |
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| Location | NC 58, 1 miles E of SR 1119, near Pollocksville, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 34°59′51″N 77°15′20″W / 34.99750°N 77.25556°W |
| Area | 2,251 acres (911 ha) |
| Built | 1844, c. 1920 |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival, Federal |
| NRHP reference No. | 89002155[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 21, 1989 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ 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.