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Moved tLJ Original Site

PeTched on D. :'-'ise overlooking the flood plain of the Green Hiver is a t,1i>TO-StOT house called Green River Plantation It is COmDOSl te of or constl'l.~ction periods. It started as a frame Federal-style house

fcu~ 1»est. Dur the Greek He .. Ji val period a separate b,Yo-story bric k structure of simil:::'.r proportions Has built slightly to the rear (east) of the structure) facing south. Early in the twentieth cen the,s8 t~,\ro struc

I tUT8S H8re united 7iIith a. -Gvvo-story section. At this ti~rle numerous additions! clI'.d improvements ~,F;re mg.da throughout) yet the inte ty of the tHO earlier struc tLlre S liifas pre :'3erV8 d ~

The oldest etion of the house is b1To full storie s· and four It has a roof vlfith boxed eaves) plain si ,and dOrrfleI',':3 most ctc1c1ec1. in_ Ll-:~::) tJ/J8ntiet11 centt1T3T }fIOIl t,he trlos-b par/tJ 1\Tj_ndo\flTs cOl1'cairl

nine -Clvsr-nine do;.~b18 -hung sash and have molded archi traves and sills. The south side appear:=-: to have the original configuxation of the gable ends; a I contral chirrmey flanl{ecl by t1i>TO standard ~vindmlTs at each 18\Iel VITi th six-over·-I six sash in tha attic The doo1"1i>Jay, placed in the second from the right.! re-[2.in8 its orig~_il:=<.l treatment, halTing four-pane sidelights flanked by flut8ri~' pi13.stei's (lfJith:J.ggerated entasis) supporting a f-rieze Hi t.ll an arched

, I;\Q th a mc)tdec1 cornice. I

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brick C1' .::k Revi val-sty1e ~;8ction is also fou"[' ';vid8~Jith d.

coof The ','rj de cornice i:..~ decorated at thu to]~ Trri t.h a variation of tho::; '(:} C31d--and-re81 (notif with an exaggerated oval h8ad. E",icence indicatt:ls thCl.r; 'Gl-iis cornic:? continued aJ_Ol1.[; the east gablo end, ,OJ. pedirrmnt !tiith a fanlight i:[1 the tympanum. ltn interior pierces t.he roof be-tW98D the first ~ s3cond east

The t;1i>Tentie century section cOrLYlecting the t1j,TO stn.lctures is l.r1.ified! under a continuation of the main roof of the bricl--c The ~Tinc1o~J,rs cLce I

similar to those (-in the Federal part, but the main door in the second bay from the left on The south side has sidelights and tr,:ulsom Sl_HTounded by SJ11111:8 tricruly molcL3c1 architraves 1;n th face ted corner blocks"

Numerous a.dcti tioI:i.s 1;1Tere made to the pre vious struc turG in the 8

tv,Ten IJi'3Gh centur including a 'b,To-story gable :coof cldditi on to the TiT8 st sl.de (t.r3'3 firs t floor ,=~ ope n) -' a one -s tory bride;:: on th!:=; e as ['l S8i:'Van ts

from the Sf.:? ',1d floor extending north ove c the t\;\TO -tiflI' s (SOllie en:·~~i,osed) on the remainder of the north and F~st sJ.des, and

t,T,-Tu-tieI' porch a(;~'DSS the south side of the brick s9cl:;ion

The Federal etion has a hall-anc1-parlO':c' plan c101IJ]l.staj_Ts and t7,'TO rc;oms tu Lhsr side (i the central hall aboiJCl. Architectural elemen t::':v1ihich OCCi',C in this SA i.ion of the h0l13e OTe a T,Tc:d nscot (consi:=;tinr~' o? clc.J 1Jble rows CJ:' l'ectan,gu,la.r pans}s) thTe8~pa.rt archi"cT:?V8S J some S.L '1)g·n:31 doors) :hsathin.g in th8 ~'T3.11,s and C8 0 3.l1C; moldecl COT'oics

rt~ . .n 1s have -I::,h1''-: --part a1'chi tra:V83 snrI'oundinJ';; the ope p,=:;xlGlec1 frieze ::J-llk'3d by frieze blocks ovsr Ul1ich t,tle he;] molded ,cJl'1(31:.'

hCt-3aks out Th2 [.~:Jst int'3res of thess) in Sj~;8 arKl of a. di tion, i::Ln the south room of the fi.T,St flonT 'Ill;:; flat frie::::;8

f!,ukjd end bloc) to each side is 19_11d3CclF~: SCc:n'3

an 8;C[,,: or the SO!) t,h rUCl~ll

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UNIT::D T DEPARTMEi·n OF THe iWfE::;>fOF< 1'1 A T I 01'1 ALP ;\ F?:< S!:: R V ICE C3.rolina

Polk FOi~ ~1PS USE ONLY

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is of similar configuration to th9 j\Test entrance previousl;y mentioned but has no fanlight or frie Z8 The hall occupying the space beh,TeeD the trdo f3e c tien.s fe.':lGUreS a tl;ventieth cent'ury tring stair Hith turndd balusters.

The Greek Hevival section has tv-TO rooms to a floor sepc~Tated containing th'3 central chimney The ~'Talls are plastered and

chair rail The architraves of the 'J'Tindo"Ts y doors, and fir8place SYrrLtHel:;rically molded \,'Tith flat faceted, or rm .. LIldel corner blocks

partiti(Yl

-NEIDY outbu.ilcling,g 2.,ce pro sl'3nt on the propel' ty, incluc1 Et tTJ\Tent.iGth

CfJl] log cabin) othsr log and frame buildings, and a chape 1 at the S uJml1i t of the hilI behind the h01138.. The simple Gothic R8Vi val frame

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is sided 'Hith liveath(3rboarc1s and is sheathed in the interior, v,lith narrO:;'T board.s forming v'3rticc')_1, diagonal and herringbol'l.'3 patterns. Tlhe delica ce 1 freestanding rood screen, indicative of the sprightly intarior woodwork is corflpo~jec1 of trefoil arches under pointed arch83~'Tith a band of pierced triClng':'r s

at tJl3 crest

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losophy

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itarian

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Green River is an imposing and ~Te 11 de taile d planta -Cion house Un t "Has the home of Joseph NcDoHe11 Carson, a member of the politically prom ~ inent Carson family It later II,Tas acquired by industrial Coxe Originally a single Fe der al s truc ture, the house is an

Franklin I intere ,sti:n.g

composi te of addi tions up to the twentieth century. I

J asap h Me Dawe 11 Car 3 on) the pr Dba b Ie bu.i ide r 0 f Gre en Ri V8 r Plan La.~:rl, 'JJas the son of ColonfC:ll Joh:u Carson.~ an 8Cl.rly se ttler of Burke ana A.

Hevolutionary soldier J08eph loft his fabheT! S hO(118, Pleasant G,3.I'C1".:H1S)

and settle d . in Hutherford County lj\Tl1.ere in 1807 he bOll t bee 2cre s on both stdes of Green Hi vel' for $3 000" Tradition says that he built UiG t,CJ.~· tion house calleci Green River in l80h This lj,[oHld not 8t:l,'3Yn.

considering the date of his deed, It Houlc1 seem ;1 on the other ha~l.d, that 1ATilliam Wa1 ton, from ~\Thom CcJ.rson bo t the lanel j had lm.il t ;3.

house after se t.tlJ_ng there in 1799" The possible 8xist(;;ncEi of thi.3 hiJ\..iSe Houlc1 account for tha relatively high purchase pric8 In 181'(:; by \t\Tay of compar'ison, Carson liTas able to buy more than 100 acre s oining this tract for only ~$20 .00 Carson marrie c1 sometime soon after . Green Ri V8 r Plan ta tion and, if he c1 id not build a neltJ h0l1se, may 11J,v8 be gU.D t11 first series of aJ.terationsor improvements so evident in the present st.ructure 0 Stylistically the Federal block could have be'3n built either lATalton's or Carson's m1Tnership; tradition cre it to Carso~1) c'.ncl it 'Has ce:c tainly he t1Tho buil t the Gre e k He vi val se c tj on.

Joseph fiIcDcMsIl Carson lillas a dist.inguished 1,9.:/IT;yer ,9Ild

ElI.therford County in the Nort.h Carolina Hons(:; of ConlD~ons in He ljvas elected to th9 state senate in 1832, 1836, and delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1835 and was

;;:3en te ct and 1814"

I-Ie commissions

for the implefrL'3ntation of the public school cl for t.he reslJltant amended constitut.ion. ..

A person of note Idhom Joseph NcDmmll Carson t to live Hith him at, Green RiveI' t1Tas his ha.1f-brot.1FJr, Samuel P_rice Ca:csc)Jl I/JJ1P,n 'ViTti

Samuel Carson embarked on a political career as a United State:=; S811,3.tor and 1,J.ter as an officer in S::lln Hous+;on 1 s governr,1m1L oT Texas. 1i~~a[:3 married at Green River ill 1031 to the sister of IJ[cDoH81l Ca::-'.30n 1

v,rife In the COllTse of his political career he 0'la,5 iYnTolved in on'j of CcL.::'olina IS mo:st fa,mons duels" ~~n1'3n He Hobert V~?nC3 oue his

G3X,30n d him cmd in tho sub uent c:uel

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U'Jly -, ),1,9) UNITED STATES i):=:F'ARTM~'::HT Of THE IliTERIOR

f'lA TIOj~l PAF<f< SERVICE S I~ 1\ TE

COUI'ITY

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VanC8 '1>7as the uncle of Civil vITar Governor Zebulon Vance, esto81Hed North Carolinian of his dayu

s the most

The Agricultural Schedule of the United states Census of 1860 indicCJ.tes Green HiveI' liW.S then a plantation of 1,745 acres ~'Tith a valuation of )000 There Here at that time t~v8nty-five slaves Carson died in 1860.

Green River was put up for sale and by i;Iho had mas-riect there in 1861 a kins,'voman of the Carsons;:; T\Fhcm ths houc:),'] became available in 1878, bs it for $6,005, r with the' -acre tract" Coxe liifas a grandson of Tench Coxe of Philadelphia, assistant of the United States TreasuTYJ and, under Thomas Jefferson) llYVeyor oF'

supplies" 11 For his 'Hork in c1evel the cotton industry, Torlch Cm=e has be8~1 calle d the flFathe r of American Cotton Industryv It Franklin Coxe Has presid81,-t of the Comrl1ercial j\Tational Bank at Charlotte \,Iihen h3 Green Ri'ver Pla,ntation~ It became his summer home -~'Then he moved to PhiladAlphi2. in lSe2. Coxe)~'Tho 1i'TaS instrumental in the development of i\.,shs'lTille" 1,\T83

a,ssocia.tad ~vith A~ B ~4,nc1retvs in the building of t,hs -V>Ts,::;telTl ~~orth Carulina RC=J.ilTn;Cld c:md built Asheville's B:3.tt3ry Park Hots L) I'the firs t rno:Jern ho tel in the state, II which opened in 1886 trllhen COX8 ditjQ at) Green HiveI' in ;. th8 hou~::;e He nt to his younge s t dClughte r" Maude CO~-c8" It. is f1UG'1 CJ~'·ICl8 d by J O~~1.l1 J Cl'o\.Jde:r or RutherfprcltonJ North Carolina,

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Blume) survey specialist; architectural Bruce r/JacDougal, head, research and restoration.

J P ~ve 3 tern Rale EdT;,rard s)

Noppen, Griffin) Clarence

Carolina: Fore s t Ci ty-, North

iLIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUi'lTY BOUNOARIES

ST ATE:

STATE:

S T 1\ r E::

STATE:

History

StI>eet

As the des ignaled State Liaison Officer

ti<)nal I-li3toric Preservation Act of 1966

89-6(5), I hereby nominate this property for iodusion

in the National Register and certify that it has been

pV81u8ted according to the c-iteria and proceo:ules set

forth by the I'Tational Pork SerVIce. The recommended

level of significance of thts nomir>.ation is:

N3 tioo31 C] Sta te 00 Local []

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T .it1c> Dire c tor, and Hi,story

1'2 Oc tober 1973

that this property is included in t1,e

1 Register

Director, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation

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:= 0 I'm 1 [) '30lJeJ (July 196'1)

U I'll TED S TAT E:; 0 E P f\ R T M an 0 F THE iN T E R I OF? NAllOl'lAL PAf~:< SH~VI CE

:,TATE

North G'Jro Lina COUHTY

Polk FOR I'IPS USE ONL '(

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11a10ne, Dumas) ed l\TeIAT York Charle s Scribner 1 s Sons,

PattoD) Sadie Smathers~ Asheville, North Carolina Hiller Company,

Polk County Record8 Polk County Courthouse, Columbus) North Carolina, Office of th6 Re giste r of Deeds (Subgroups Deeds, 1ATills)

Polk County Records j Division of Archives and History, Haleigh, North CaroliDc-t (Subgroups Deeds) ~\Tills) ~

Ruthsrford C01mty Records, Rutherford COlJl1 Courthouse J Ruthel'Iorc1 North 'Carolina) Office of the Re ter of Da ,gc1s (Subgroups Deeds) ~iills)

RLItherford COlmty Records, Division of Archives and History, H~lleigh, North Carolina (Subgroups Deeds, 1ivills).

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