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PlaqueID
0505
Building Name
Orton
Plantation
Plaque Text
The
original
one-and-one-half
story
plantation
house
was
built
for "
King
"
Roger
Moore
(1694-1751)
,
native
of
Goose
Creek
,
SC
and
first
permenant
settler
in the
Lower
Cape
Fear
region
.
Fredrick
Jones
Hill
(1792-1861)
,
physician
,
planter
, and
NC
Senator
,
purchased
it
in
1826
. In
1840
he
added
the
second
story
and the
Greek
Revival
style
Doric
portico
.
Near
the
end
of the
Civil
War
the
house
was
used
as a
Union
hospital
and then
fell
into
disrepair
.
It
was
purchased
in
1884
by
Col
.
Kenneth
M
.
Murchison
(1831-1904)
,
Confederate
officer
,
cotton
merchant
, and
entrepreneur
who
made
his
winter
residence
here. His
daughter
,
Luola
(1858-1916)
, and
son-in-law
James
Sprunt
(1846-1924)
,
cotton
exporter
,
local
historian
, and
philanthropist
,
engaged
her
brother
,
New
York
architect
,
Kenneth
M
.
Murchison
, to
design
the
wings
in
1910
. The
Sprunts
lavished
attention
on the
plantation
and
began
the
gardens
for
which
Orton
is
famous
. Their
son
,
James
Lawrence
(1886-1973)
,
inherited
the
property
with his
wife
,
Annie
Gray
Nash
(1886-1978)
, and with
assistance
from
Massachusetts
landscape
architect
Robert
Swann
Sturtevant
,
expanded
the
gardens
using
the
rice
fields
as a
centerpiece
.
James
D
. and
Rosalie
Carr
Memorial
Plaque
Fund
Building Date
1735
Style
Greek
Revival
Renovated Date
1840
2nd Renovated Date
1910
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