Eagle Nest is a historic

plantation house A plantation house is the main house of a plantation, often a substantial farmhouse, which often serves as a symbol for the plantation as a whole. Plantation houses in the Southern United States and in other areas are known as quite grand and ...

located near Pink Hill,

Jones County, North Carolina Jones County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,172, making it the fourth-least populous county in North Carolina. Its county seat is Trenton. Jones County is part of the New ...

. It was built about 1800 and is a two-story, four-bay by three-bay, Federal style frame dwelling. It rests on a brick foundation, is sheathed in weatherboard, and has a gable roof with exterior end chimneys. It has two one-story frame rear additions. The front facade features a two-tier engaged porch with an enclosed east end. Also on the property is a contributing

smokehouse A smokehouse (North American) or smokery (British) is a building where meat or fish is curing (food preservation), cured with Smoking (cooking), smoke. The finished product might be stored in the building, sometimes for a year or more.National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...

in 1974.

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Plantation houses in North Carolina Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Federal architecture in North Carolina Houses completed in 1800 Houses in Jones County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Jones County, North Carolina {{JonesCountyNC-NRHP-stub