Edenton in Chowan County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Bandon Plantation Schoolhouse

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 17, 2023

1. Bandon Plantation Schoolhouse Marker

Inscription. Moved here June 1964.
Dedicated to
Inglis Fletcher, Novelist
May 8, 1966.

Erected by Edenton Tea Party Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Education • Fraternal or Sororal Organizations • Women. In addition, it is included in the Daughters of the American Revolution series list.

Location. 36° 3.663′ N, 76° 36.442′ W. Marker is in Edenton, North Carolina, in Chowan County. It can be reached from East Church Street east of North Broad Street, on the left when traveling east. Marker and plantation schoolhouse are located on the James Iredell House grounds. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 107 East Church Street, Edenton NC 27932, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Coastal Plain. It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

and in the Tidewater.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the

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Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

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

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 walking distance of this marker: The Iredell House (within shouting distance of this marker); 1800-1827 Iredell House (within shouting distance of this marker); Residence of James Iredell (within shouting distance of this marker); Edenton United Methodist Church (within shouting distance of this marker); James Iredell (within shouting distance of this marker); Thomas C. Manning (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); St. Paul's Episcopal Church (about 300 feet away); Samuel Johnston (about 300 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Edenton.

Other markers no longer nearby. St Paul's Episcopal Church (was about 300 feet away but has been replaced with another marker now near it); Henderson Walker (was about 300 feet away but has been confirmed missing).

Also see . . .
1. Edenton Tea Party Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution.

Bandon Plantation Schoolhouse (<i>east elevation</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 17, 2023

2. Bandon Plantation Schoolhouse (east elevation)

(marker is at ground-level, below window on right)

The Edenton Tea Party Chapter, NSDAR, was chartered on February 27, 1948. The chapter’s name commemorates the protest of fifty-one ladies against the British injustices of 1774. At the first regular chapter meeting on April 30, 1948, the members voted to acquire and restore the home of James Iredell. In 1964 Bandon Plantation burned. It was the home of charter member and novelist Inglis Fletcher. The plantation schoolhouse was moved down the Chowan River by barge and relocated on the grounds of the Iredell House.

(Submitted on May 30, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

2. Fire Destroys “Bandon,” Home of Inglis Fletcher.

On October 6, 1963, “Bandon,” the beloved plantation home of author Inglis Fletcher, burned. Fletcher, the author of the Carolina Series–12 historical novels set in eastern North Carolina during the colonial and revolutionary period, purchased the early 19th century property with her husband in 1944. The house had been unoccupied for 18 years and was in a state of disrepair when the Fletchers bought it. A schoolhouse on the grounds dated to the 1750s, while the plantation house itself
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 17, 2023

3. Bandon Plantation Schoolhouse (southeast elevation)
was completed around 1800.

(Submitted on May 30, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

3. Inglis Fletcher (1879–1969).

Inglis Fletcher is known for numerous novels and plays, especially her Carolina Series. Research about her maternal ancestors in Tyrell County, North Carolina sparked Fletcher's interest in eastern North Carolina, which led her to research and write the novels within her Carolina Series, including Lusty Wind for Carolina, Men of Albemarle, and Raleigh's Eden, among others. She was a member of American Pen Women and Daughters of the American Revolution.

(Submitted on May 30, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

Credits. This page was last revised on May 30, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 30, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 835 times since then and 58 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on May 30, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.