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The Foscue Plantation House

This restored plantation home exhibits family artifacts and period pieces. As a Union hospital during the Civil War, it was spared destruction by Federal forces.

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  • Somerset Place (NC Historic Site): Located on the banks of Phelps Lake, Somerset Place is a representative antebellum plantation offering a view of life during the period before the Civil War. It became one of North Carolina's most prosperous rice, corn, and wheat plantations.
  • Mendenhall Plantation: A visit to the Mendenhall Plantation shows students that there were dissenters to slavery in antebellum North Carolina. Buildings on the property include the main house, an old school house, the Madison Lindsay House and Medical School, a spring house, and a barn. There is also a restored wagon that may have been used to help runaway slaves.
  • Historic Rosedale Plantation: Located a few miles from the center of downtown Charlotte, the Rosedale Plantation is a good representation of plantation life in Piedmont North Carolina.

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Located on the Trent River, the Foscue Plantation House was built in 1803-04. The Simon Foscue family plantation covered over 10,000 acres and was operated by slave labor. During the Civil War, the home served as a hospital for the Northern troops, and it was the only house left standing along what is now Highway 17.

The plantation house is available for viewing on Thursdays from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m and by appointment. Contact Rozelle Wicks (910) 743-5531 or Karen Adams (252) 637-7232.

Please see the NC ECHO website for pictures of Foscue Plantation House

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