Hope Plantation , built in 1803, is an early home built in a federal-style Palladian mode, located on the Carolina Coast Plain, near Windsor, North Carolina, in the United States. The plantation house was built by David Stone, a member of the coastal Carolina plantation class, then the Governor of North Carolina and the United States Senator. One of the best examples of Palladian designs made from wood, the parent house is slightly modified by neo-classical elements. This facade has five bays and two double forts with the original Chinese Chippendale ledge. The coronation of a house is a widow's journey with a matching fence. The interior of the house displays the height and splendor that is rare in this region, and comes with a unique collection of period furniture, art and artifacts.
In the 1960s, the building survived almost a century of inattention and residents of Bertie County, assisted by other Northern Carolinians and a wide support network, forming the Historic Hope Foundation, Inc. (a registered nonprofit organization) to buy and save homes.
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The site where Hope's Mansion was built was originally occupied by algonkian linguistic relatives, Sioux, and Iroquois. The north of the site is Meherrin, and in the immediate area of ​​Tuscarora. Although both groups do not seem to have a permanent solution, hunting artifacts abound.
The charter for Carolinas was given by Charles II of England to eight Lords Proprietor in 1663 in recognition of their support in helping him restore his throne after his father's execution. They soon began recruiting settlers from both the UK and from British settlers in Virginia. In the 1720s, Lords Proprietor gave 1,100 acres (4,5Ã, km 2 ) land on the western edge of Albemarle Sound, near the Cashie River, to the Hobson family.
Francis Hobson and his wife Elizabeth (of Hope Parrish in Derbyshire, England) migrated to a new world to occupy the land. In 1765, after the death of Francis, Elizabeth inherited the property. When he married Zedekiah Stone, a New England immigrant, the land belonged to him and he named it "Hope" to honor his ancestral heritage. The Eld Stones build houses and start building families. The remains of their homes and possible locations from where slaves and slave labor have been explored by expert archaeologists. David Stone, Elizabeth and son Zedekiah, born in 1770. Despite having a strong English heritage, he was raised as an American patriot, his father participated in the early Provincial Congress to support the revolutionary movement.
In 1793, David married Hannah Turner, and shortly before the wedding he was given the Hope tract by his father. David graduated first in his class at Princeton, widely read, and a correspondent of many new American intellectuals (later with Thomas Jefferson). When he built, he built a big house with European design. The house replicates almost exactly the plan at Abraham Swann's The British Architect , a book known to be in Stone's library.
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Design
Exterior
The Palladian style is admired by Whig and by American patriots, especially in the South, who regard themselves as the heirs of Roman ideals and ideals. The absolute balance of the symmetric structure reflects the sense of order inherent in style.
The house is built on a high brick pillar, allowing the "downstairs" is full above the ground. Forcing the entrance stairs leads to a double portico pedestant on the facade. This was alleviated by the intricacies of Chinese Chippendale bellis on both porch and rooftop stories. Four chimneys and eight windows on either side, strengthening the symmetry front to back. The back of the house, from which the structure is now approached, has a single high-pitico, with Chippendale motif repeated.
Near the house, the kitchen has been reconstructed on the original foundation footprint. The elegant dairy products have been restored.
Interior
The interior of Hope reflects its uniqueness in northeastern North Carolina. The rooms are mainly used by David Stone and to entertain are upstairs. Bedroom, sitting room and dining room at entry level. The middle part, which runs the double front door to the rear is an impressive double hall, with a gate that covers both ends. The ladder is partially covered. Upstairs, there is an impressive big landing that may have been used as an upstairs room to catch a breeze. This leads to the living room, which resembles a ball room. Also outside the landing is the David Stone library, which once housed about 1400 volumes, a collection that really impressed on its day.
Also on this floor are smaller rooms that may accommodate guests and are now interpreted as bedrooms. The best materials are used all over, and although the wood is primarily the first local growth pine, a letter from New York supplier Joseph Sands to David Stone in 1803 discusses marble and red rocks for use in fireplaces.
David Stone, a lawyer with training, passed away. Thus, the full inventory of his property is made by his administrator. Using this, the interior of the house is furnished by a Foundation with a level of accuracy and conformity that has attracted the attention of scholars.
Also on the site
1763 King-Bazemore House represents a fine example of vernacular architecture. This is one of the few remaining examples in North Carolina from the "hall and parlor" of the mid-eighteenth century. The house has been restored and furnished based on inventory owner 1778, William King.
The outbuildings include a restored kitchen and original dairy homes, smoke houses and store buildings, herb gardens and kitchen gardens.
There is also a large area (45 hectares). The original foundation extends beyond this and amounts to nearly 1,000 acres (4.0 km 2 ) of private property, which is employed by over 200 slaves. Around 1800 granaries and archaeological sites make a base for walking that is often used as a fitness trail.
Recovery
The house was sold by David Stone's son in 1836, and then passed many hands. It suffered several decades of neglect. When rehabilitation of the structure was first considered in the 1960s and the state approached aid by local residents, Executive Director of the Department of Archives and History of North Carolina said, "Hope is hopeless."
However, Hope fans were not deterred and on February 2, 1965, the Harapan Historical Foundation, Incorporated chartered. The house was bought by the Foundation and most of the grassroots recovery efforts were launched.
At the end of the summer of 1972, the restoration was completed.
Current use
The Historic Hope Foundation, Incorporated through the Board of Directors manages Hope Mansion and subsidizes the opening of the building to the public. An Administrator and Public Tourism Officer is designated by the State of North Carolina.
The Foundation promotes several educational programs, and links with schools and universities. It also sponsors social functions, especially the Governor of Stone Ball, as a fundraising event.
Source
- "National List of Information Systems". List of National Historic Sites. National Park Service. Entries # 70000411 and # 71000570.
- Bivins, John Jr., North Carolina River Valley Roanoke Furniture at Historic Historical Foundation Collection: Early Southern Decorative Arts Journal. Summer 1996.
- Historic Hope Foundation, Inc., The Miracle of Hope Plantation. Windsor, NC: Historic Hope Foundation, Inc., 2002.
- Iobst, Richard W., Personal Life David Stone. (microfilm). Windsor, NC Historic Society.
- Powell, William S., ed., Encyclopedia of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press, 2006.
- Smallwood, Arwin D., Bertie County: An Eastern Carolina History, Charleston, Arcadia Publishing, 2002 (an extensive resource note published separately by the author).
- Taylor, Melanie Johnson, David Stone: Political Biography, Greenville, NC: East Carolina University, 1968.
- Umfleet, LeRae S., Books Known to David Stone, "Protector of Arts and Sciences": Volume Exposition From The Direstonated Library Added Two Centuries from Map of North Carolina Dating From 1590, Katelog Exhibition 1996.
- Watson, Alan D., Bertie County, Brief History, Raleigh, North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, 1982.
References
External links
- Historic Hope Plantation - the official site
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