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The Grove, also known as Blount-Bridgers House, is a historic home located at Tarboro, Edgecombe County, North Carolina. It was built about 1808, and is a two-story, five-bay, Federal 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.[2]
The Grove | |
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| Location | 130 Bridgers St., Tarboro, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°54′10″N 77°32′14″W |
| Area | 9.9 acres (4.0 ha) |
| Built | 1808 |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| NRHP reference No. | 71000583[1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 18, 1971 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.[1] It is located in the Tarboro Historic District.
Edgecombe Arts is located in the Blount-Bridgers House, which features a permanent collection of works by Tarboro-born artist Hobson Pittman (1899–1972), including oil paintings, pastels, drawings, prints and watercolors.[3] 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. There are also changing exhibits of contemporary artists.
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