Eugene Wilson Hodges Farm

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Eugene Wilson Hodges Farm
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Location3900 Rocky River Church Rd., near Charlotte, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°16′21″N80°42′17″W / 35.27250°N 80.70472°W / 35.27250; -80.70472 Coordinates: 35°16′21″N80°42′17″W / 35.27250°N 80.70472°W / 35.27250; -80.70472
Area187 acres (76 ha)
Built1908 (1908)
Built byHodges, Eugene Wilson
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Vernacular Colonial Revival
MPS Rural Mecklenburg County MPS
NRHP reference No. 91000077 [1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 21, 1991

Eugene Wilson Hodges Farm is a historic home, farm, and national historic district located near Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. The district encompasses four contributing buildings, one contributing site, and five contributing structures in rural Mecklenburg County. The Eugene Wilson Hodges House was built about 1908, and is a two-story, three-bay I-house with two parallel one-story rear ells. It has a slate triple-A roof and two exterior, stuccoed-brick chimneys. It features a vernacular Colonial Revival hip roofed wraparound front porch with Doric order columns. Other contributing resources include two chicken coops (c. 1930), a wellhouse (c. 1908), barn (c. 1935), two granaries (c. 1930), two silos (c. 1935), and the agricultural landscape. [2]

It was added to 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 L. Mattson and William Huffmann (July 1990). "Eugene Wilson Hodges Farm" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.