Mount Prospect

Jct. of SR 1409 and SR 1428, Leggett, North Carolina. County/parish: Edgecombe.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places November 20, 1974. NRIS 74001347.

5 contributing buildings. 1 contributing site.

Also known as:

  • Exum Lewis,Jr.,House

From Wikipedia:

Mount Prospect (Leggett, North Carolina)

Mount Prospect, also known as the Exum Lewis House, was a historic plantation house located near Leggett, Edgecombe County, North Carolina. It was built about 1772, and was a two-story, five-bay, Late Georgian style frame dwelling. It had a Quaker Plan; two-story, 19th century addition; and a one-story hip roofed front porch. Also on the property are the contributing family cemetery, a smokehouse, barn, brick dairy, and office. The house burned and was torn down in 1976.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720098