Somerset Place Plan Your Visit History Support This Site Digital Resources 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. Plan Your Visit 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 most major holidays Admission to the site and self-guided tours are free. Guided tour fees: $2/adults; $1/children (ages 5-12); $1/ seniors (ages 65 & older) Contact 252-379-6020 somerset@ncdcr.gov Contact Us Upcoming Events All Events at Somerset Place Follow Somerset Place State Historic Site Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube
Somerset Place Plan Your Visit History Support This Site Digital Resources 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. Plan Your Visit 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 most major holidays Admission to the site and self-guided tours are free. Guided tour fees: $2/adults; $1/children (ages 5-12); $1/ seniors (ages 65 & older) Contact 252-379-6020 somerset@ncdcr.gov Contact Us Upcoming Events All Events at Somerset Place Follow Somerset Place State Historic Site Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube