Latta Place

{{short description|Historic house in North Carolina, United States}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Latta House | nrhp_type = | image = Latta Plantation, Huntersville, North Carolina.jpg | caption = | location = 6 miles S of Huntersville on SR 2125, near [[Huntersville, North Carolina]] | coordinates = {{coord|35|21|16|N|80|55|50|W|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = North Carolina#USA | built = c. 1800 | architecture = [[Federal architecture|Federal]] | added = March 16, 1972 | area = | mpsub = | refnum = 72000978<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2010a}}</ref> }}

'''Latta Place''' (formerly Latta Plantation), also known as '''Latta House''', is a historic [[Plantation house in the Southern United States|house]] located in [[Huntersville, North Carolina]] near [[Mountain Island Lake]]. Built in about 1800 in a [[Federal architecture|Federal]] style,{{sfn|Bishir|Southern|2003|pp=526–27}} the [[plantations in the American South|plantation]] also contains some elements of [[Georgian architecture|Georgian]] design, including the house's main staircase.<ref name="Form">{{cite web|url=https://files.nc.gov/ncdcr/nr/MK0014.pdf|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form|website=North Carolina Listings in the National Register of Historic Places|publisher=North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office|access-date=21 June 2013}}</ref>

The house and its environs are currently used as a [[Historical reenactment|living history]] exhibit and museum dedicated to exhibiting the facets of daily life in the [[Antebellum South|antebellum]] [[North Carolina]] [[Piedmont (United States)|Piedmont]]. Historic Latta Plantation hosts a variety of living history events throughout the year, including battle reenactments, summer camps, and homeschool programs. The site was formerly operated by a nonprofit corporation, but the land is owned by [[Mecklenburg County, North Carolina|Mecklenburg County]], and maintained by the Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation department.<ref name="Website">{{cite web|url=http://www.lattaplantation.org/latta/index.php?page=home|title=Historic Latta Plantation|website=|publisher=|access-date=21 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130701091429/http://www.lattaplantation.org/latta/index.php?page=home|archive-date=1 July 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> The property also houses the Ezekiel Alexander Log Home, a [[log building]] built between 1760 and 1790, that formerly sat in nearby [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]].<ref name="Website"/>

In 2021 the Plantation was temporarily closed and an event cancelled after a controversial description of an upcoming [[Juneteenth]] event was posted online. The post was condemned by the county, town of Huntersville, and the mayor of nearby Charlotte. The post, which referred to "the massa himself" and "white refugees" that would appear in the event, was defended by the site manager Ian Campbell who is black.<ref name="WFAE-1">{{cite news |last=Coleman |first=Dashiell |date=17 June 2021 |title=Latta Plantation Closed After Uproar Over Controversial Juneteenth Event |url=https://www.wfae.org/local-news/2021-06-17/latta-plantation-closed-after-uproar-over-controversial-juneteenth-event |work=WFAE 90.7 |access-date=25 April 2022}}</ref>

Mecklenburg County staff are currently working to renovate the site before reopening it. The site's new mission and vision communicates a commitment to "Truth, Transparency, Compassion, Transformation and Unity."<ref>{{cite web |title="Latta Place" |url=https://www.mecknc.gov/ParkandRec/Facilities/UniqueFacilities/Pages/Latta-Place.aspx}}</ref> It was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1972.<ref name=nris/>

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==Further reading== {{Commons category|Latta Plantation}} *{{cite book|last1=Bishir |first1=Catherine W.|last2=Southern|first2=Michael T.|title=A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Piedmont North Carolina|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VxXqAAAAMAAJ|series=The Richard Hampton Jenrette Series in Architectural and Decorative Arts|year=2003|publisher=University of North Carolina Press|location=Chapel Hill, NC|isbn=0-8078-5444-1}}

[[Category:Plantation houses in North Carolina]] [[Category:Houses in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina]] [[Category:Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina]] [[Category:Federal architecture in North Carolina]] [[Category:Houses completed in 1800]] [[Category:Museums in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina]] [[Category:Historic house museums in North Carolina]] [[Category:Living museums in North Carolina]] [[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina]]