Oaks Plantation
Historic Property
Alternate Name:
[unknown]
Street Address:
66 Godley Road;(Beaufort County)
Site Number:
182-035
Control Number:
U/13/182-035
Tax Number:
R300 015 000 036A 0000
Date Surveyed:
July 16 1997
Category:
Building
Construction Date:
1854
Alteration Date:
circa 1990
Historic Use:
Residential/Domestic
Historic Core Shape:
Rectangular
Number of Stories:
2
Construction Method:
frame
Exterior Walls Materials:
Weatherboard
Foundation Materials:
Brick Piers
Roof Shape:
gable (lateral)
Roof Materials:
composition shingle
Porch Width:
full facade
National Register Determination:
listed
Signficant Architectural Features:
2-story house with one story shed roof porch across the front. 5 bay facade, central door and flanking windows. Narrow central gabled portico above porch on second floor. Dentil moldings underneath porch roof on facade.
Alterations:
Large addition to rear (facing Chowan Creek), and room added to left side rear.
Historical Information:
Had been Pope family house before the Civil War. Tax Survey map of 1864 shows "The Oaks," adjacent to School Farm No. 3; also shows J.J. Pope. Appears to be a row of slave cabins along the marsh, west of where the present house lies; unclear if main ho
Source of Historical Information:
Beaufort County R.M.C. See Beaufort County Plat Book 5, p. 53A. "Guide to the Microfilm Edition of the Penn School Papers 1862-1976," p. 7.
Quadrangle Name:
Frogmore