Harmony Plantation

Harmony Plantation, also known as Montague-Jones Farm, is a historic plantation house near Wendell in eastern Wake County, North Carolina. The principal dwelling was built in 1833 as a two-story, three-bay, single-pile frame house in the Greek Revival style. Its exterior is covered with weatherboard siding and topped by a hipped roof, while a gabled rear ell extends the plan. The front elevation is distinguished by a centered, double-tier, pedimented front-gabled portico. Bracketed cornices and unfluted Doric-order columns contribute to the house's formal Greek Revival character. The property also includes a contributing one-story rectangular building covered in beaded weatherboard. Constructed in the same period, this structure originally served as a doctor's office. Together, the house and associated building document the architectural and social organization of a nineteenth-century agricultural property in the Wake County area. Harmony Plantation was the home of Dr. Henry W. Montague and his wife, Anne Jones Montague. Historical accounts state that as many as 46 enslaved people lived and worked on the farm under the Montagues' control. This history is central to understanding the property: it was not only a residence and agricultural site, but also a place shaped by the forced labor system of American slavery. The property was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in January 2008. Its significance therefore rests primarily on its surviving architecture, association with the region's plantation-era history, and the preservation of its related outbuilding. It is a historic site rather than a commercial consumer brand, and no separate product portfolio, corporate ownership structure, or active commercial market is identified in the available reference material.

Harmony Plantation, also called Montague-Jones Farm, is a historic property located at 5104 Riley Hill Road near Wendell, in eastern Wake County, North Carolina. The main house was erected in 1833, placing its construction in the period when Greek Revival architecture was becoming an important formal language for residences and public buildings in the United States. The building is a two-story, three-bay, single-pile frame dwelling with weatherboard siding, a hipped roof, and a gabled rear ell. The house's principal architectural feature is its centered front portico. The portico is double-tiered and front-gabled, with a pedimented composition, bracketed cornice, and unfluted Doric-order columns. These elements give the dwelling a formal Greek Revival appearance while retaining the relatively compact plan and timber construction associated with regional rural housing. A separate one-story rectangular building on the property was also built in 1833 and served as a doctor's office. This structure, covered in beaded weatherboard, is identified as a contributing building to the historic property. The plantation was associated with Dr. Henry W. Montague and his wife, Anne Jones Montague. Historical information about the site records that as many as 46 enslaved people were held by the household and forced to work the farm. Their labor formed part of the agricultural and domestic system that sustained the plantation. Any account of Harmony Plantation therefore has to address both the surviving architecture and the human history of enslavement connected with the property. The property's preservation significance was formally recognized when Harmony Plantation was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in January 2008. The designation reflects the integrity and character of the Greek Revival house, the surviving doctor's office, and the property's association with the historical development of the surrounding area. Available reference material does not identify a later commercial brand, corporate operator, product line, or public-facing business associated with Harmony Plantation. In encyclopedia terms, it is best understood as a historic house and cultural landscape rather than a conventional commercial brand.

• 2008

  National Register listing

  [1]Harmony Plantationen.wikipedia.org

  Harmony Plantation was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in January 2008.

• 1833

  Construction of the main house and doctor's office

  [1]Harmony Plantationen.wikipedia.org

  The two-story Greek Revival plantation house and a separate one-story doctor's office were built on the property near present-day Wendell, North Carolina.

Historic plantation house and National Register-listed cultural property representing nineteenth-century Greek Revival architecture and plantation-era history in Wake County, North Carolina.

1. 1Harmony Plantationen.wikipedia.org