- Hayes Plantation
Infobox_nrhp | name =Hayes Plantation
nrhp_type =nhl
caption = Hayes Plantation
nearest_city=Edenton, North Carolina
lat_degrees = 36
lat_minutes = 2
lat_seconds = 59.97
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 76
long_minutes = 36
long_seconds = 8.02
long_direction = W
locmapin = North Carolina
area =
built =1801
architect= Unknown
architecture= Greek Revival, Federal
designated=November 07 ,1973 cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1469&ResourceType=Building
title=Hayes Plantation |accessdate=2008-02-26|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added =February 26 ,1974 cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=74001341Hayes Plantation is a site near
Edenton, North Carolina that was the plantation ofSamuel Johnston (1733-1816), who served asGovernor of North Carolina from1787 to1789 . Johnston become one of the state's first two United States Senators, serving from 1789 until1793 , and served later as a judge until retiring in1803 .Samuel Johnston died at his home,
Hayes Plantation , in 1816 and is buried in the Johnston Burial Ground there. The plantation house is privately owned, but was designated aNational Historic Landmark in 1973. It is now within Edenton. However the current house was completed by his son, James C. Johnston, a year after Samuel's death.It was declared a
National Historic Landmark in 1973.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/74001341.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Samuel Johnston House, Hayes / Hayes] |32 KB|date=January 12, 1973 |author=Charles W. Snell |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/74001341.pdf "Accompanying two photos, exterior, from 1956"] |32 KB]It is located east of Edenton, .5 miles past Johnston's bridge on Southside Road.
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