Midway Plantation House and Outbuildings, Historic plantation house in Wake County, North Carolina
The Midway Plantation House is a two-story Greek Revival house built in 1848 by Charles Lewis Hinton, about 0.75 miles west of present-day Knightdale along the wagon trail that became U.S. Route 64. Only the kitchen, school, office, and carriage and doll houses survive of its many outbuildings.
Built around 1848 by Charles Lewis Hinton as a wedding gift for his son David, the plantation served as the center of a cotton and tobacco cultivation operation that relied on enslaved labor.
The property represents the antebellum plantation economy and social hierarchy of North Carolina, providing insights into the lives of both plantation owners and enslaved workers through its main house and outbuildings.
Located near Knightdale at coordinates 35.8235, -78.494236, the site was relocated in 2005 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places under reference number 07000543.
The move was filmed by Hinton descendant and film critic Godfrey Cheshire, whose documentary Moving Midway (2007) traces the family history behind the house. The house was named for its position halfway between two other Hinton properties, Beaver Dam and The Oaks.
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