Dr. Walter Pharr Craven House

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Dr. Walter Pharr Craven House
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Location7648 Mt. Holly-Huntersville Rd., near Charlotte, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°20′47″N80°53′47″W / 35.34639°N 80.89639°W / 35.34639; -80.89639 Coordinates: 35°20′47″N80°53′47″W / 35.34639°N 80.89639°W / 35.34639; -80.89639
Area5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built1888 (1888)
Architectural styleVernacular Victorian
MPS Rural Mecklenburg County MPS
NRHP reference No. 90002187 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 31, 1991

Dr. Walter Pharr Craven House is a historic home located near Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. The house was built about 1888, and is a two-story, vernacular Victorian style frame dwelling. It is associated with a small farm that supported the family of a country doctor. Also on the property are the contributing frame well canopy (1929), family Catholic chapel (c. 1910), central passage barn (c. 1920), log corn crib (c. 1888), tool shed (c. 1920), and auto-garage (c. 1920). [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. [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. Richard Mattson and William Huffmann (July 1990). "Dr. Walter Pharr Craven House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.