Rte. 3 (W of Tarboro on U.S. 64), Tarboro, North Carolina. County/parish: Edgecombe.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places February 18, 1971. NRIS 71000581.
5 contributing buildings.
Coolmore Plantation, also known as Coolmore and the Powell House, is a historic plantation house located near Tarboro, Edgecombe County, North Carolina. Built in 1858–61, the main house is one of the finest Italianate style plantation houses in the state. The house and its similarly styled outbuildings were designed by Baltimore architect E. G. Lind for Dr. Joseph J.W. and Martha Powell. Coolmore was designated a National Historic Landmark for its architecture in 1978, and is a Save America's Treasures projects.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720128