William A. Graham Jr. Farm

William A. Graham Jr. Farm
Location S of Denver on SR 1360, near Denver and Kidville, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°28′43″N 81°4′5″W / 35.47861°N 81.06806°W / 35.47861; -81.06806Coordinates: 35°28′43″N 81°4′5″W / 35.47861°N 81.06806°W / 35.47861; -81.06806
Area 9.9 acres (4.0 ha)
Built c. 1890 (1890)
NRHP Reference # 77001004[1]
Added to NRHP May 6, 1977

William A. Graham Jr. Farm is a historic home and farm located near Denver and Kidville, Lincoln County, North Carolina. The farmhouse was built about 1890, and is a two-story, three bay, rectangular frame dwelling. The front facade features a large central gable with ornate gable ornaments. Also located on the property is a two-story, 16-sided, "round barn" with a low, polygonal roof that radiates from an eight-sided blind cupola; log outbuilding; and a smokehouse. The property was the working experimental farmstead after the American Civil War of William A. Graham, Jr. (1839–1923), son of governor and statesman William Alexander Graham (1804–1875).[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Greer Suttlemyre and Joe Mobley (n.d.). "William A. Graham Jr. Farm" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.


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