China Grove is a historic plantation house located near Oriental, North Carolina.

China Grove is one of North Carolina's most dramatically sited plantation homes, overlooking the Neuse River at one of its widest points, near the mouth of Dawson's Creek.

[4] Sparrow was involved in the turpentine trade and also the owner of a lumber and grist mill on nearby Beards Creek.

When he died in 1827, Sparrow left his family 31 slaves and a considerably larger plantation than what he had originally purchased.

That year, owner Gurney P. Hood, the North Carolina Commissioner of Banks, sold China Grove to J. W. Cowell.

The three-story Federal style building features brick chimneys constructed in a Flemish bond at each end of the house.

The home's most notable feature is a two-story front porch under the gable roof that offers views of the Neuse River.

The Federal style stairway features a transverse landing, a square newel, and a rounded handrail on top of rectangular pickets.