NW of Rockfish on SR 1409, Rockfish, North Carolina. County/parish: Hoke.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 12, 1976. NRIS 76001329.
1 contributing building. 1 contributing structure.Also known as:
Puppy Creek Plantation, also known as the McGregor-Lamont House, is a historic plantation house located near Rockfish, Hoke County, North Carolina. It was built about 1821, and is a two-story, three-bay, Federal style frame dwelling. It is sheathed in weatherboard, has a gable roof, and sits on a high brick pier foundation. It features exterior end brick chimneys and full-width front porch.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
The McGregor-Lamont House is likely the site of a wedding referred to by North Carolina writer Charles W. Chesnutt in his conjure tale "The Marked Tree," first published in the journal The Crisis.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720892