Clayton Family Farm

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Clayton Family Farm
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Location5809 Stanley Dr., Stanleyville, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°12′03″N80°16′19″W / 36.20083°N 80.27194°W / 36.20083; -80.27194
Area25 acres (10 ha)
Built1800 (1800)
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Single pen log
NRHP reference No. 01001072 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 5, 2001

Clayton Family Farm, also known as John and Matthew Clayton Farm, is a historic farm complex and national historic district located at Stanleyville, Forsyth County, North Carolina. The district encompasses eight contributing buildings and four contributing sites dated between about 1800 and 1931. They include two historic roadbeds, an historic pond site, the weatherboarded log John Clayton House (c. 1800), the brick Greek Revival style Matthew C. Clayton House (1879), the former Clayton Store, five log and frame outbuildings, and the family cemetery. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Laura A. W. Phillips (October 2000). "Clayton Family Farm" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved November 1, 2014.