{"nrhp_refnum":"78001966","name":"White Oak Plantation","other_names":["Johnston,William,House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"E of Charlotte on SR 2826","address_restricted":false,"city":"Charlotte","county":"Mecklenburg County","state":"NC","lat":35.248580842500076,"lon":-80.69037294641518,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-02-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"White Oak Plantation (William Johnston House) is a two-story Flemish bond brick plantation house on Robinson Church Road near Charlotte in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, built by William Johnston, traditionally in 1792.","why_significant":"The house was the home of William Johnston, a Battle of King's Mountain veteran and substantial planter whose daughters married into the county gentry. Its Flemish bond brickwork, original (now altered) Quaker plan and finely detailed interior woodwork, mixing late Georgian and early Federal styles, are characteristic of traditional Piedmont architecture. The woodwork is related to that of Holly Bend and Oakwood plantations.","narrative":"White Oak Plantation is a two-story brick house northeast of Charlotte, built by William Johnston, traditionally in 1792, on land he bought in 1784. Johnston was a captain in the North Carolina militia at the Battle of King's Mountain in 1780 and a substantial planter whose daughters married into prominent Mecklenburg families. The brick is laid in Flemish bond, and the house belongs to the Catawba River Valley School. Its original Quaker plan was converted early to a center hall plan. Inside, the Federal style trim, stair brackets and mantels are finely detailed and relate to those at Holly Bend and Oakwood plantations. A large porch and a rear kitchen wing are later additions, described as reversible. The property stayed in the Johnston family until the 1840s and later passed through the Morris, Cross and Grier families. After years of neglect and vandalism it was renovated, and three outbuildings remain near the house.","period_of_significance":"1700-1799","architect_builder":"William Johnston (according to local tradition)","architectural_style":"Catawba River Valley School; Quaker plan converted to center hall; late Georgian and early Federal interior detailing","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in good condition; carefully renovated by its current owners after a period of neglect and vandalism. Altered by a large two-story porch and a rear kitchen wing.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:57.957097-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/54/7212/47721254/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/78001966.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721254","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Oak_Plantation","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21016340"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/mecklenburg-county/white-oak-plantation-78001966/"}