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The Grove
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
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Location	130 Bridgers St., Tarboro, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°54′10″N 77°32′14″W / 35.90278°N 77.53722°W / 35.90278; -77.53722
Area	9.9 acres (4.0 ha)
Built	1808 (1808)
Architectural style	Federal
NRHP reference No.	71000583
Added to NRHP	February 18, 1971

The Grove, also known as Blount-Bridgers House, is a historic home located at Tarboro, Edgecombe County, North Carolina. It was built about 1808, and is a two-story, five-bay, Federal style frame dwelling. It has a gable roof and pairs of double-shouldered brick end chimneys. It was the home of Thomas Blount (1759–1812), an American Revolutionary War veteran and statesman.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. It is located in the Tarboro Historic District.

Edgecombe Arts is located in the Blount-Bridgers House, which features a permanent collection of works by Tarboro-born artist Hobson Pittman (1899–1972), including oil paintings, pastels, drawings, prints and watercolors. Blount-Bridgers House also exhibits locally-made period furniture and 19th-century paintings as well as works by Thomas Sully, Thomas Landseer and William Garle Brown. There are also changing exhibits of contemporary artists.

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. John G. Zehmer and John B. Wells, III (October 1970). "The Grove" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places – Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.
3. "Blount-Bridgers House". Edgecombe Arts. Retrieved 4 December 2014.

External links

• Edgecombe Arts – official site

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