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Adelphia Plantation

Coordinates: 35°50′15″N 77°37′18.5″W / 35.83750°N 77.621806°W / 35.83750; -77.621806
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Adelphia Plantation
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Alternative namesGarrett-Wiggins House
Garrett-Wiggins-Brown House
General information
Statusactive
TypePlantation house
Architectural styleItalianate
LocationTarboro, Edgecombe County, North Carolina, U.S.
Coordinates35°50′15″N 77°37′18.5″W / 35.83750°N 77.621806°W / 35.83750; -77.621806
Completed1854
OwnerWiggins-Brown Family
Design and construction
Architect(s)George Lipscombe

Adelphia Plantation also called the Garrett-Wiggins House or the Garrett-Wiggins-Brown House, is a historic plantation house in Edgecombe County, North Carolina near the towns of Tarboro and Pinetops. The Italianate style house was built in 1854 for Joseph John Garrett.

History

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Adelphia Plantation was built in 1854 in Edgecombe County, North Carolina for Dr. Joseph John Garrett, a local physician.[1][2] The house, located north of the town of Pinetops and south of the town of Tarboro, was possibly designed by the architect George Lipscombe.[1] It was built in the Italianate style and some of the designs used for ornamentation may have come from William Ranlett's 1847 pattern book The Architect.[3] The house is also known as the Garrett-Wiggins House and the Garrett-Wiggins-Brown House.[3][4]

The plantation also includes a doctor's office and a two-story wood-sided tobacco packhouse built in 1880 by Tom Battle, a carpenter and former slave on the plantation.[5] Battle's family continued to work as sharecroppers at Adelphia.[5] There are also gardens on the property.[6]

Adelphia Plantation has been owned by the Wiggins-Brown family since 1881.[1] John Lawrance Wiggins, a local magistrate,[7] owned the house until his death in 1897, when it passed to his heirs.[1] Wiggins was the father of Fred Wiggins, Nannie Elizabeth Wiggins, and Octavia Josephine Wiggins.[1] In the 1990s, the house was inherited by photographer and city planner Watson Brown. Brown, who inherited the plantation from his aunt, renovated the house.[5] Brown is the fifth generation of his family to live at Adelphia.[8]

In August 2011, winds from Hurricane Irene caused an 125-year-old oak tree to fall on the grounds of Adelphia.[9]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Fleming, Monika S. (November 1996). Echoes of Edgecombe County: 1860-1940. Arcadia. ISBN 9781439619513. Archived from the original on 2023-10-24. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
  2. ^ Brown, Watson (2010-05-05), Adelphia Plantation, ca. 1854: Edgecombe County, South of Tarboro, NC, archived from the original on 2023-03-08, retrieved 2023-10-24
  3. ^ a b "NC State University Libraries' Rare and Unique Digital Collections". d.lib.ncsu.edu. Archived from the original on 2023-10-24. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  4. ^ "Search - North Carolina Periodicals Index". digital.lib.ecu.edu. Archived from the original on 2023-10-24. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  5. ^ a b c "Photographer Watson Brown Preserves a Landscape". Our State. 2019-08-26. Archived from the original on 2023-02-01. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  6. ^ "Home". Preservation Nation. Archived from the original on 2023-03-30. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  7. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-02-19. Retrieved 2023-10-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-03-08. Retrieved 2023-10-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. ^ "Tarboro Photo by Edward Watson Brown | 4:27 pm 27 Aug 2011". www.weather-forecast.com. Archived from the original on 2023-05-21. Retrieved 2023-10-24.