Locust Lawn is a historic tobacco plantation house and national

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located near Oxford, Granville County, North Carolina. It was built about 1855 by Armistead Ravenscroft Burwell, a descendant of the prominent Burwell Family of VirginiaParker, R. The Burwells of Kingsmill and Stoneland. and is a two-story, three-bay, T-shaped Greek Revival style dwelling. It has a two-story rear ell, one-story kitchen wing, brick cellar and central front porch. Also on the property are the contributing six log tobacco barns, two frame barns, frame corncrib, overseer's house, and Burwell Family cemetery. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

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Tobacco plantations in the United States Plantation houses in North Carolina Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Greek Revival houses in North Carolina Houses completed in 1855 Houses in Granville County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Granville County, North Carolina {{GranvilleCountyNC-NRHP-stub