Somerset Place, Creswell
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Facts and practical information
Somerset Place is a former plantation near Creswell in Washington County, North Carolina, along the northern shore of Lake Phelps, and now a State Historic Site that belongs to the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. Somerset Place operated as a plantation from 1785 until 1865. Before the end of the American Civil War, Somerset Place had become one of the Upper South's largest plantations. ()
Built: 1830 (194 years ago)Coordinates: 35°47'19"N, 76°24'17"W
Day trips
Somerset Place – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)
Nearby attractions include: Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge.
North Carolina