Oakland Plantation (Tarboro, North Carolina)
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Oakland Plantation, also known as Lloyd Farm and the Elks Lodge, is a historic plantation house located at
Tarboro Tarboro is a town located in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, Edgecombe County, North Carolina, United States. It is part of the Rocky Mount, North Carolina, Rocky Mount Rocky Mount metropolitan area, Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 ...
, Edgecombe County, North Carolina. The frame dwelling dates to the mid-19th century, and consists of a two-story central section with flanking one-story wings and a series of rear additions. It has shallow hip roofs with Italianate brackets and features a one-story porch of the distinctive Tarboro lattice type. By 1931, the dwelling was occupied as an Elks Lodge for the African-American population. It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 1976.


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Plantation houses in North Carolina African-American history of North Carolina Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Italianate architecture in North Carolina Houses in Edgecombe County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Edgecombe County, North Carolina {{EdgecombeCountyNC-NRHP-stub