Oakland Plantation

Edmondson St., Tarboro, North Carolina. County/parish: Edgecombe.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 02, 1980. NRIS 80002829.

Part of Tarboro MRA (NRIS 64000468).

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • Elks Lodge
  • Lloyd Farm

From Wikipedia:

Oakland Plantation (Tarboro, North Carolina)

Oakland Plantation, also known as Lloyd Farm and the Elks Lodge, is a historic plantation house located at Tarboro, Edgecombe County, North Carolina. The frame dwelling dates to the mid-19th century, and consists of a two-story central section with flanking one-story wings and a series of rear additions. It has shallow hip roofs with Italianate brackets and features a one-story porch of the distinctive Tarboro lattice type. By 1931, the dwelling was occupied as an Elks Lodge for the African-American population.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47717793