tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post7839577326126426517..comments2024-03-27T09:44:59.329-04:00Comments on Free North Carolina: Forks of Cypress Mansion: It was 50 years ago todayBrock Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-56698276494543058952016-06-07T23:20:42.170-04:002016-06-07T23:20:42.170-04:00Thank you and here's the one I live in, my 3X ...Thank you and here's the one I live in, my 3X grandfather's 1790 Georgian and 1810 Federal. Not the grand style but typical to eastern NC.<br /><br />http://s1.postimg.org/jzlddgawu/Cullen_Pippen_Collage.jpgBrock Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-69619743854446114592016-06-07T22:59:11.654-04:002016-06-07T22:59:11.654-04:00A grand old house. A lot of work and money keepin...A grand old house. A lot of work and money keeping these big plantation homes in their original majestic beginnings.<br />I noticed the Forks of Cypress had areas of need before the<br />fire. What fun. Thanks. <br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-7357981206759471192016-06-07T21:07:03.362-04:002016-06-07T21:07:03.362-04:00Interesting and thanks for the information.
Here&...Interesting and thanks for the information.<br /><br />Here's a small one of my great grandfather's.<br /><br />http://scrc.lib.ncsu.edu/ncab_images/habs102240pu/habs102240pu_768.jpgBrock Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-27136391457246074242016-06-07T20:52:33.630-04:002016-06-07T20:52:33.630-04:00The old Southern plantation homes were always my f...The old Southern plantation homes were always my favorite.<br />They have a mystic to them - draws one in. The Cypruss<br />Mansion land was once owned by a Native Indian.<br />The extensive Forks of Cypress was built for James Jackson on the commanding spot that Double Head, a famed Native American chieftain once owned. The land was given to Double Head by the Federal Government when he stopped fighting as his own private reservation. - Don't know how Jackson ended<br />up with the land. Purchase probably.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com