What was once the mansion of one of the greatest and most picturesque feudal estates in Eastern North Carolina, served by a thousand slaves, is now a fishing camp. Somerset, built in 1804 by one Josiah Collins, on the shores of Lake Phelps, near Creswell in Washington County, is now a lodge for sportsmen.
From page 6 of The Independent, Elizabeth City, N.C., Friday, July 9, 1926
To see a photo of the lodge, go to: newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn83025812/1926-07-09/ed-1/seq-6/
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