{"id":8432,"date":"2012-11-05T21:28:19","date_gmt":"2012-11-05T21:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidsonarchivesandspecialcollections.org\/archives\/?page_id=8432"},"modified":"2012-11-05T21:28:19","modified_gmt":"2012-11-05T21:28:19","slug":"elm-wood","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/davidsonarchivesandspecialcollections.org\/archives\/community\/under-lkn\/elm-wood","title":{"rendered":"Elm Wood (Graham) Plantation (Under Lake Norman)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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From Mecklenburg Historical Association papers, courtesy of UNCC Special Collections<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Graham house (sometimes called “Riverview”) at Elm Wood was a, by all accounts beautiful, late Georgian style plantation house built by John Davidson Graham between 1825-1828. The house was situated hill above the Catawba river, near the end of present-day Ranger Island Road in Catawba Springs, NC. John D. Graham was the son of Revolutionary War and iron manufacturer, General Joseph Graham, and a member of one of North Carolina\u2019s most distinguished families. His brother, William A. Graham was Governor of North Carolina (1845-1849), U.S. Senator, Secretary of the Navy, and the Whig nominee for Vice-President in 1852, and his maternal grandfather, John Davidson, owner of the Rural Hill plantation (since burned).<\/p>\n

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Joe Graham, a descendant of John D. Graham, inherited Elm Wood and sold the house and hundreds of surrounding acres to Duke Power during the Great Depression. The Graham family received about $30,000 from the sale, and were allowed to continue living in the home for several decades, until the start of the Lake Norman project in 1959. In an attempt to preserve the plantation house and save it from being covered by the coming lake, in 1960 Duke Power donated the house to Charles and Winifred Babcock of Winston-Salem. Babcock agreed to dismantle move the brick plantation house to his farm on Indiana Avenue in Winston-Salem, where it was to be reassembled and preserved. About three months into the relocation project, in April 1961, there was a fire in the barn where the Babcocks were storing the interior components of the plantation house (which had been completely moved by then). With the house\u2019s interior destroyed, the project was abandoned and what remained of the largely disassembled plantation house was left behind to be covered by the waters of Lake Norman.<\/p>\n

Location (approximate):<\/strong> 35.4732, -80.9571<\/p>\n

Sources:<\/strong>
\nDavidson, Chalmers G. \u2013 Plantation Files, Elm Wood Plantation (John D. Graham, Lincoln County, NC. Davidson College Archives, file number DC058.<\/p>\n

Fortenberry, Ken H. Feb 19, 2011. \u201cHistoric Elmwood \u2013 Magnificent plantation mansion on the Catawba River.\u201d news@norman. Available: http:\/\/www.denverncnews.com\/?p=158<\/p>\n

North Carolina’s Governors. \u201cWilliam Alexander Graham.\u201d Available: http:\/\/www.northcarolinahistory.org\/encyclopedia\/553\/entry<\/a><\/p>\n

Dictionary of North Carolina Biography. 1996. edited by William S. Powell. Available: http:\/\/docsouth.unc.edu\/browse\/bios\/pn0000604_bio.html<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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