Covington Plantation House, Italianate plantation house in Rockingham, North Carolina.

Covington Plantation House is a two-story residential structure with Italianate design elements located near Rockingham. The building features bracketed gable roofs with deep overhangs and a central projecting section that rises higher than the flanking portions.

Built about 1850, the house is also known as the John Wall Covington House, naming it for its owner. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, the year its surviving Italianate form near Rockingham was formally recorded.

The house is also known as the John Wall Covington House, naming the family associated with the plantation near Rockingham. Its Italianate styling, with wide eaves and a tall central projection, marks it as a mid-19th-century plantation seat in Richmond County, listed on the National Register in 1980.

The house sits on a larger property in a rural area near Rockingham, which means there is space around the building to view from the grounds. Since this is a historic property in a residential setting, advance planning is recommended for visits.

The house is also known as the John Wall Covington House, a name linking it to the family associated with the property. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, which is the basis for its recognition rather than any documented rarity of its bracketed eaves.