Palo Alto Plantation (Palopato, North Carolina)
Palo Alto Plantation is a historic plantation house located at Palopato, Onslow County, North Carolina. It was built between about 1836 and 1840, and is a two-story, five bay, double-pile frame dwelling with vernacular Federal and Greek Revival style design elements. It has a gable roof with cupola, two-tiered engaged porch, and Palladian windows on the gable ends. It was the childhood home of Daniel L. Russell, Jr. (1845-1908), governor of North Carolina, 1897–1901. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. Palo Alto Plantation (Palopato