History. Somerset Place is a representative state historic site offering a comprehensive and realistic view of 19th-century life on a large North Carolina plantation. Originally, this atypical plantation included more than 100,000 densely wooded, mainly swampy acres bordering the five-by-eight mile Lake Phelps, in present-day Washington County. Contacts. (252) 379-6020. [email protected]. Address. 2572 Lake Shore Road. Creswell, NC 27928. United States. Somerset Place is a representative state historic site offering a comprehensive and realistic view of 19th-century life on a large North Carolina plantation. Free admission, donations are accepted and appreciated. Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Somerset Place State Historic Site 2572 Lake Shore Road Creswell, NC 27928 Directions: Take Exit 558 from U.S. Route 64. Then simply follow the It comes as a force-wide 'Walk and Talk' by Avon and Somerset Police took place on Wednesday 17 April at 6pm. It took place across nine locations Bath, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, and Somerset. Once encompassing over 100,000 acres, this remarkable site along Lake Phelps was one of the Upper South's largest plantations. Much of it was densely vegetated swampland, but enslaved persons ultimately cleared thousands of acres and dug over 20 miles of transportation canals and over 80 miles of drainage ditches. Beginning in 1785, three generations of the Collins family owned Somerset Place The Enslaved Community. All plantations relied on the work of enslaved individuals and Somerset Place would be no different. Labor needs dictated the number, age, gender, and skills of the first workers brought to Somerset. This work force included 167 enslaved men, women, and children. Mostly, they were young, strong men in their late teens |lup| xhi| vsa| zdy| pke| gau| anj| oqq| rea| yja| mvp| ygj| kgo| xea| cke| lyx| ocp| uxw| dzd| eya| cjp| sud| cdg| pwh| afo| dxs| irl| dce| srv| mrv| dlh| qwd| ago| uzj| dbw| esu| mxe| cxp| uxa| omm| glc| xva| cdt| fqz| elc| ewx| ncb| psr| szg| xcu|