Riverbend Township near Stanley in Gaston County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Andrew Carpenter House

c. 1833

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel

1. Andrew Carpenter House Marker

Inscription. Built as the plantation home of Andrew Carpenter and family. This structure also served as a stagecoach stop on the Charlotte Lincolnton Road. "Happy Home” plantation continued as a sharecropping farm after slavery was abolished.

Erected by Gaston County Historic Preservation Committee.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings.

Location. 35° 23.317′ N, 81° 3.127′ W. Marker is near Stanley, North Carolina, in Gaston County. It is in Riverbend Township. It is on Alexis Lucia Road 0.8 miles west of Old Lowesville Road, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Stanley NC 28164, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Piedmont

and in Greater Charlotte.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

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one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Oak Grove (approx. 2.4 miles away); Stonewall Jackson (approx. 2.6 miles away); Cottage Home (approx. 2.6 miles away); Peter Forney (approx. 2.8 miles away); Stroupe Forest Preserve (approx. 4 miles away); St. Joseph's (approx. 4.6 miles away); Saint Joseph's Catholic Church (approx. 4.6 miles away); Ingleside (approx. 4.7 miles away).

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel

2. Andrew Carpenter House Marker

Andrew Carpenter House image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel

3. Andrew Carpenter House

Hidden in the trees.

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 12, 2021, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 953 times since then and 67 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 12, 2021, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.