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OWNERSHIP

PUblic~UbliC Acquisition:

Private 0 In Proces5

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0 Agricultural 0 Government 0 Park

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1iI Occupied

o Unoccupied

o Preservation work

in progress

o Transportation

ACC ESSI BL E

TO THE PUBLIC

Yes:

o Restricted

o Unrestricted

£1 1'10.

o Comments

0 Commercial 0 Industrial Private Res idence

0 Educational 0 Military 0 Religi OU5

[J Ent",rbinment 0 Museum 0 Scienti fic r.i:-;Y'NEROF PRO!'l)RTY OO,h., ISpocif/) ,«I: t~--~-f0 "" .'1 E, p""i S N A,·:'1"E:'-'-·---·~-'--~"';'---- ~

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Exce Ilent COI'lDITION

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Ut::SCRi8E TI-1 PRC:SENT AijCJ ORIGINAL

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(Check

o Unexposed

~Kl Origina I 5i

At Shelton Plantation is a tT,{Q"'"'stQry frame temple",,~orm plantation house standing at the end of a long lane in the ~lat farm country near Edenton~ It is in good condition, having been renovated after a period of neglec t The Federal period d\'relling is covered with molded weatherboards and stands upon a brick cellar The main (east) facade is three bays wide, with a central entTance protected by a small pedimented entrance porch& The doors and \vindovTs are framed with molded architraves and have molded sills. The 'l;vindmvs have nine .... over-nine sash at the first level and nine ..... over-six ac the second. The main, pediment is flush-.:=; h(::!athe.u. atld has a semicircular fanlight The pediment is outlined with a molded cornice adorned 'tvith undercut modillicns, \vhich carries along the sides of the hous but does not continue across the rear elevation. The front porch repeats the pediroem: treatment. of' the l.Juilding; the purch features four fluted, necked pillars, square in section (replacements for the original) with corresponding pilasters. A similar porch: shelters the first bay of the north side. On the south side of the house is a recent one-story addition, \vhich extends along the side and across half of the rear elevation. At the.. rear are t\VO chimneys of brick laid in Flemish bond with smooth single shoulders; their stacks have been rebuilt.

The plan is the usual one for temple-form houses a lateral front hall 'tvith the stair rising at the north end and t~'70 large rooms to the rear.. Restrained Federal finish is used consistently An unusual feature is the placement of a transverse arch in the middle of the hall. On the inner wall it springs from a pilaster, but on the front wall the arch ends abruptly over the front doorway, resting on the door architrave The pilaster is flat-paneled; the arch has a fluted soffit and is framed by a corbeled molded band and adorned with gougework garland-and-tassel motif; and the soffit above the door features a radia ting gougework design'.. Con·­sis tent thoughout the first floor is the use of a flat-paneled wainscot ':'lith a molded chair rail, and a rather heavy molded cornice~ The doors have six panels raised on molded fillets and are hung on rising butt plate hinges, 'l;vith three-part molded architraves. The stair) which rises in several flights to the third floor attic, has a square newel and posts with molded caps and square balusters, which carry a molded handrail The open­string features unusual curvilinear brackets, and the spandrel is flat~ paneled

The two parlors are finished much like the hall The mantels are simple but unusual, with Fede-cal ornament and a hint of Greek Revival A beaded architrave is flanked by reeded pilaster strips, and a similar strip runs across the fire opening; where the vertical and horizontal bands join the reeding stops, leaving a blank square r2.sembling a corner block. This scheme recurs to frame the frieze, \vhich is adorned by an applied molding forming a long crossetted oblong A The cornice and shelf are handsomely molded. There are no end blocks or center tablet. The mantels in both rooms are alike, but that tn the north room features 'a band of pierced lozenge fretwork beneath the cornice.

The second-floor plan is simil~r to the first, but there is a small

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STATE

North Carolina COUNTY

Chmvan FOR NPS USE ONLY

are of unequal size The finish is simpler, with a molded chair rail'and baseboard and plaster dado The mantels £011m'7 a pattern similar to those beluw, but are less elaborate, lacking the frieze ornament and fretwork The third floor attic is also finished but unheated, having plastered walls and a plain chair rail and baseboard

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Lond:icape

Archi lecture

18th Century

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I The plantation houS,e at Shelton is a significant and 1;9'ell...,preserved

member of the Federal period temple-,form d~vellings'- in North Catolina.. It features handsome, restrained vernacular Federal finish, including an un~ usual treatment of the hall arch. Of considerable historical importance is the early association of the plantation with the colonial missionary and author, Clement Hall

In 1728 the Lords Proprietors granted Thomas Jones 366 acres in Chol;·ran County 1;"hich he divided among his three sons; Thomas Jones, 'Jr: , came into possession of the entire property and sold the whole to Clement Hall on April 15, 1755 On December 30 of that ye~r ~he house burned, along with many pa,pers including deeds involving the property. In 1756 and 1757 Hall 'l:v(-}s involved in having a small house built on the place. On SepteIIlber 9, 1757, Hall bought an adj oining trac. t and evidently other land as 'l;vell Clement Hall was an outstanding colonial missionary (~eginn~ng in 1744 and traveling widely in the northeast part of the colony), priest of the Parish of St. Paul's in Edenton, and the colony's first c.itizen to have a book pc.blished at home--A Collection of Nany Christian Experiences .. After Hallts death in 1759, his ~vido1;v continued to live at Shelton, as her husband had calL:2d the farmo

In 1796 Clement Hall, Jr., sold the property and it passed through several 01;lmers before being purchased in 1817 by Baker Hoskins l,-7ho o\,\Jned it until his death in 1833 The present house was probably built for Hoskins and his second '\-7ife, Hartha Ann Skinner. Baker Hoskins represented Chowan County in the House of Commons 1806-1808. Hoskins had married into the locally prominent Skinner family--he had married first Sarah Skinner and, after her death in 1811, he married ~er younger sister, Martha Ann. They \·7e1"e daughters of Joshua Skinner, 'tv-hose sons were 1;'Tealthy planters and businessmen, for whom ',,7ere built a nu.mber of handsome and stylistically related houses in the Albemarle. The house built for Martha Ann and Baker Hoskins is not related stylistically to the houses built by her brothers, but the apparent family interest in architecture should be rioted.

After Baker Hoskins f s death the property went to 'Hartha Ann for her rrifetime, then to their son Blake Baker Hoskins. After two mortgages, Baker bOld the place to his brother Wilson Hoskins in 1862; Wilson sold it to 1:'T2.Yland Bond in 1868 ~. In the lat.2· nineteenth century the property passed rChr~~lbh several hands, befo:c~eing_~old in l8JL~~ederi ck Hhi-bt-'c:g~El!.-l,n#d±------, descending in his family to Hilliam E Bor:d" \0'hose family still 01;ffi and occupy the house.,

gesearch by Elizabeth HQo~'e, consultant; architectural descript:i,on hy Catherine W. CQckshtitt survey supervisor

Ch01:",an County Reco'cds, Chqr.,z:an County C6urthQu~e Edenton, North Carolina (Sllbgt'oups Deeds, ~\Tills miscellaneous papers}

Chmvan County Records DLvision of' Archives and History, Raleigh, North Carolina (Subgroups: Deeds, ~\Tills, miscellaneouspapersl~"

Pm"ell, 1<TilliamS , Introduction to Clement Hall; 'A 'Collection '0£ 'Hauy Chris tian . Experiences' • CA Facsimile of a North Carolina Landmark) Raleigh: State Department of Archives and Fistory, 1961.

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109 East Jones Street

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As the ues ignated Stale Liaison Officer for the Na­

bond Histo.ic Preservation Act or 1966 (Pubtic Law

89-6(,5), I hereby nominate this property for inclusi.on

in the National Register and certify that it has been

p'v'a luated according to the c-iteria and procedu res set

fm-th by the National Park SerVIce. The recommended

of this nomination is:

Sta te 5a Local [J

Thornton W. Mitchell

Title Jll:.ting Direct-or.) Division oE

I hereby certify that this properly is included in the

National Register.

Director, Office of Arch~olutJy and Historic Preservation

ATTEST:

Keeper of The National Register

l Archives and Histoty

Date _________________ . ________________________ __

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