The several structures still standing at Horton Grove are the only two-story slave residences remaining in North Carolina.

[2] The quarters at Horton Grove, which were constructed by slave craftsmen in the early 1850s, were the culmination of decades of gradual improvements at the plantation complex.

The dwellings at Horton Grove represented the pinnacle of slave house development and include shuttered windows, multiple stories, brick chimneys, and raised stone foundations.

After the American Civil War, many of the former slaves stayed on the property as sharecroppers and continued to live in these dwellings.

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