Visit Somerset Place
Somerset Place offers a comprehensive and realistic view of 19th-century life on a large North Carolina plantation. Originally, this unusual plantation included more than 100,000 densely wooded, mainly swampy acres bordering the five-by-eight mile Lake Phelps, in present-day Washington County. During its 80 years as an active plantation (1785-1865), hundreds of acres were converted into high yielding fields of rice, corn, oats, wheat, beans, peas, and flax; sophisticated sawmills turned out thousands of feet of lumber. By 1865, Somerset Place was one of the upper South's largest plantations.
Location and Hours
Somerset Place
2572 Lake Shore Road
Creswell, N.C. 27928
Hours
Tuesday – Saturday 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Closed Sunday, Monday, and designated state holidays (link to state holidays)
Admission to the site and self-guided tours are free.
*Right now we can only accept cash and checks for guided tour and event fees!*
Guided tour fees:
- Children (0-2): free
- Youth (3-17): $1.00 + tax
- Adults(18-64): $2.00 + tax
- Seniors (65+), Military: $1.00 + tax