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Coolmore

Tarboro, North Carolina
County of Edgecombe.
National Register Number: 71000581
 Resource type: Building.
Property type: Domestic - single dwelling.
Congressional District: NC-1 Certified Local Government: NO

Statement of Significance (as of designation - June 2, 1978):
This plantation complex incorporates one of the largest, finest, and best-documented examples of a mid-19th-century Italian villa in the South. The interior of the Italianate edifice is particularly elaborate with a profusion of wooden and plaster ornamentation, an elliptical stairway, and trompe l'oeil paintings. A complete set of original plantation outbuildings surrounds the mansion, providing a vivid picture of antebellum life.


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