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The 1808 Blount-Bridgers
House, “the Grove,” is a national historic landmark, is home to a
permanent collection that celebrates the 200 year-old material culture of
Edgecombe County and the creative achievements of Tarboro-born artist,
Hobson Pittman (1899-1972). In addition to the oil paintings, pastels,
drawings, prints and watercolors by Pittman, the Blount-Bridgers House
exhibits locally made period furniture and nineteenth century
paintings of Edgecombe County citizens, including work by painters Thomas
Sully, Thomas Landseer, and William Garle Brown. Nineteenth century
ceramics and twentieth century Jugtown pottery are featured, along with
silver and iron utilitarian objects. The extensive Batts textile collection
includes 19th century clothing, quilts, military uniforms and household
linens. Archival records and architectural information about
Edgecombe County homes are actively collected and preserved. Also on the
grounds is the restored circa 1810 Silas Everette House.
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Blount Dining Room (1st
floor)
In this period room setting the visitor will see objects primarily made in
the early antebellum period (before 1860) for entertaining and dining.
Objects from the Thomas Blount family (1759-1812), the first family in this
house, demonstrate the prosperity of the Tar River planters.
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Calvert Landing (2nd floor)
In this gallery the visitor will see important artwork by Hobson Pittman
who was born in Tarboro and spent his adult life in Philadelphia. The
landing features many of the works featured in The Poet’s Palette,
written by Meade Bridgers Horne, for sale in the museum shop for $25.00.
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