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NC Historic Sites »   All Sites »   Somerset Place »   Site Features »   Colony House

Colony House

The Colony House currently serves as the site's visitor center. A gift shop and exhibits can also be found in this historic structure. Originally, the building was a boarding school and residence for the Collins boys, their tutors, and the plantation's resident ministers.

 

Site Features

  • Collins Family Home
  • Colony House
  • Dairy
  • Enslaved Community Kitchen
  • Formal Garden
  • Kitchen / Laundry
  • Kitchen Rations Building
  • Lake Chapel
  • Lewis and Judy's Home
  • Meat Rations Building
  • Overseers' House
  • Plantation Hospital
  • Salting House
  • Smokehouse
  • Suckey Davis' Home
  • Transportation Canal
  • Woodhouse

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