White Oak Plantation

Historic house in North Carolina, United States

United States historic place


White Oak Plantation
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

35°14′54″N 80°41′26″W / 35.24833°N 80.69056°W / 35.24833; -80.69056
Area	14.1 acres (5.7 ha)
Built	1792 (1792)
Architectural style	Catawba River Valley School
NRHP reference No.	78001966^[1]
Added to NRHP	February 7, 1978

White Oak Plantation, also known as the William Johnston House, is a historic plantation house located near Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. It was built about 1792, and is a two-story, Catawba River Valley School style brick dwelling. The original Quaker plan interior has been converted to a center hall plan. It has a gable roof overhang and a full-width, two-story gabled porch. It was built by William Johnston, a captain in the North Carolina militia at the Battle of King's Mountain in 1780.^[2]

The plantation was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ C. Greer Suttlemyre and Jim Sumner (n.d.). "White Oak Plantation" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.