The Grove, also known as Blount-Bridgers House, is a historic home located at

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, Edgecombe County, North Carolina. It was built about 1808, and is a two-story, five bay,

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style frame dwelling. It has a gable roof and pairs of double-shouldered brick end chimneys. It was the home of Thomas Blount (1759–1812), an American Revolutionary War veteran and statesman. It was listed on the

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in 1971. It is located in the

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. Edgecombe Arts is located in the Blount-Bridgers House, which features a permanent collection of works by Tarboro-born artist

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(1899–1972), including oil paintings, pastels, drawings, prints and watercolors. Blount-Bridgers House also exhibits locally-made period furniture and 19th-century paintings as well as works by Thomas Sully, Thomas Landseer and William Garle Brown. The area also changing exhibits of contemporary artists.

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Edgecombe Arts
– official site Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Federal architecture in North Carolina Houses completed in 1808 Houses in Edgecombe County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Edgecombe County, North Carolina Museums in Edgecombe County, North Carolina

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