Fort Defiance (Lenoir, North Carolina)


Fort Defiance
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Fort Defiance, April 2008
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Location	N of Lenoir on NC 268, Lenoir, North Carolina
Coordinates	36°0′46″N 81°30′16″W / 36.01278°N 81.50444°W / 36.01278; -81.50444Coordinates: 36°0′46″N 81°30′16″W / 36.01278°N 81.50444°W / 36.01278; -81.50444
Area	5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built	1788 (1788)-1792, 1823
Built by	Fields, Thomas
NRHP Reference #	70000444^[1]
Added to NRHP	September 15, 1970

Fort Defiance is a historic plantation house located near Lenoir, Caldwell County, North Carolina. The main block was built between 1788 and 1792, and is a two-story, frame structure measuring 28 feet by 40 feet. A wing was added in 1823. It was the home of Revolutionary War General William Lenoir. The property was transferred to the Caldwell County Historical Society in 1965 and operated as a historic house museum.^[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ J.G. Zehmer and Sherry I. Penny (June 1970). "Fort Defiance" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.

External links

Fort Defiance website
Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. NC-106, "Fort Defiance, State Route 268, Yadkin Valley, Lenoir, Caldwell County, NC", 2 photos

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