Elmwood, also known as the Watson-Mardre House, 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 Windsor,

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. It was built about 1836, and expanded between 1838 and 1863. It is a two-story frame structure three bays wide and two deep, with

Greek Revival Greek Revival architecture is a architectural style, style that began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe, the United States, and Canada, ...

and Federal style design elements. It has a gable roof. Also on the property are the contributing kitchen and dairy. It was added to the

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in 1982.

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Plantation houses in North Carolina Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Greek Revival houses in North Carolina Federal architecture in North Carolina Houses completed in 1863 Houses in Bertie County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Bertie County, North Carolina {{BertieCountyNC-NRHP-stub